Eh? Wot's 'at ya say? Corr, just tekkin' a little nappy here. G
On Aug 8, 2007, at 8:27 AM, Tom Cakalic wrote: > Why can't the English teach their children how to speak? > This verbal class distinction by now should be antique. > If you spoke as she does, sir, Instead of the way you do, > Why, you might be selling flowers, too. > An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him, > The moment he talks he makes some other > Englishman despise him. > One common language I'm afraid we'll never get. > Oh, why can't the English learn to set > A good example to people whose > English is painful to your ears? > The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears. > > There even are places where English completely > disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years! > > Why can't the English teach their children how to speak? > Norwegians learn Norwegian; the Greeks have taught their > Greek. > > In France every Frenchman knows > his language fro "A" to "Zed" > The French never care what they do, actually, > as long as they pronounce it properly. > > Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning. > And Hebrews learn it backwards, > which is absolutely frightening. > But use proper English you're regarded as a freak. > Why can't the English, > Why can't the English learn to speak? > > Henry Higgins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
