--- In [email protected], Rune Wesström
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would you comment please on his statement "apparently we
talk "proper" English over here"?
I'm not sure where "over here" is meant to be, and whether it is in the
US or the UK that he believes English has changed more.
There is no "proper" English anyway. The language has changed a lot in
both countries since the 17th century: US English and some dialects of
British English retain a few "archaic" elements in vocabulary, past
tenses of strong verbs, etc. But they are only "archaic" from the
point of view of someone who speaks the dialect of S.E. England.
He says he could make himself understood to people whose accents he
couldn't understand. That is not surprising: the American accent(s)
are familiar in the UK from imported films & TV. The flow is pretty
much one way. Also, some British accents /are/ fairly impenetrable at
times. :D
Mike
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