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
