Re: Not on your linguistic Nellie

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-01-11 23:22:31 EST, Tompaleo@aol.com writes:

>Interestingly, my wife hails from a former "English" colony (Trinidad)
 where
>they still use the Queen's English and drive on the wrong (left) side of the
>road.  It still amazes me how often we miscommunicate despite the
>similarities in the two languages. We have lots of fun needling each other
in
>the exact manner you so eloquently state above. But it's all in fun and no
>one is assuming superiority over the other, full stop! (Oops, I meant
period)
> ;-)

Who was it who once said that the United States and Great Britain are two
countries separated by a common language?