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> On Mar 1, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> On Sun, 1 Mar 2015 20:16:26 +0000 (UTC), alister
> <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> declaimed the following:
>=20
>>=20
>> The language is called English, the clue is in the name. =
interestingly=20
>> most 'Brits' can switch between American English & English without =
too=20
>> much trouble (I still have a problem with Chips)=20
>>=20
> 	Okay... Is that a reference to (US) Fries, or US usage reference =
to
> (UK) Crisps.
>=20
> 	Might as well add the confusion of biscuit <> cookie (my =
biscuits look
> like your scones)... And lets not bring up the subject of =
suspenders...
> Bonnets, boots, and lifts.
>=20
> 	A pub's a bar; a bar's a gate; a gate's a street

Reminds me of Richard Lederer=E2=80=99s writings.=20

http://www.etni.org.il/farside/crazyenglish.htm

Whether or not Brits should sprinkle the letter =E2=80=98u=E2=80=99 =
around for some extra spice, seems like the very smallest of our =
worries.=