John van Tiel wrote:

>I never forget
>that my 19th century literature professor in Durham, Bleach (nomen est omen),
>said to me when I told him that I majored in American literature: "Isn't that
>a contradiction in terms?"

Geocentrist! Obviously he never read Mark Twain.

>Accents are handy, though. In America, I can aways speak fluent Dutch and
>frighten the hell out of everyone (Claudia: "Dutch is not a language, it's a
>throat disease"). And in Britain it's great to confuse people by speaking
>perfect Queen's English without any accent.

My moment of Zen:
In America it's impossible to speak perfect Queen's English without any accent.

Gil

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