Ben Bucksch wrote: > > Parish wrote: > > > Why *American* English? Why not just *English* > > Because (it seems like that) most American people, unlike Englishmen, > don't care or know how to speak correctly, and what is used is allowed, > so almost anything is allowed. Which American writer can use all the > tenses correctly (e.g. the progressive past perfect or the conditional > ones (if... then)), that students of British English have to learn? > > I account that to the utterly bad American educational system (and > social system in general).
No not necessarily. I watch a cooking progam from Enland on the FoodChannel. The Star is Jammie Oliver and the show is called "The Naked Chef" the title is supposed to mean getting to the bare essentials of food. He uses a slang tern for great (as in Taste great) pucker. Examaple the dish is really pucker. In the US the same word has a different meaning as in Pucker up and Kiss. Its not the system is bad. Its just different. After the US broke away from the English during the Revelutionary War, they had less brish to influence the way the speak, so it became different. Its like the Spanish and Mexicans speak Spanish; but; its not the same spanish. Or perhaps, French and French Canadians speak French. But it may not be the same french. The point is people are different is all no one country or race should be any better than the other, they are just different. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm> <http://home.kimbanet.com/~pjones/birthday/index.htm>
