[AT] Fwd: 100 years ago

Almost-Running Deere deereman1000 at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 28 10:13:02 PDT 2006


Absolutely.  For example:  Bangers and Mash- a menu item consisting of spicy 
sausage served with mashed potatoes-who knew?


>From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
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>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:09:23 -0700
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>Dana/Mattias:
>
>I believe a statement about the US and England goes something like this.
>"Two countries divided by a common language."
>
>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
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>Deere
>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:01 AM
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>Pick up a book printed in the US in 1906 and one will see the drift in both
>spelling and punctuation.  As you point, out the British spelling is very
>different from American spelling in what is basically the same language.
>English as well as most other languages constantly drift as new technology
>and usage patterns emerge.  Right now, in the US, the assimilation of
>Spanish words is occurring at a fairly rapid pace.  Dana
>
> >From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
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> >Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: 100 years ago
> >Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:46:22 +0200
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> >Get, got, gotten is what I've been told, but I only learned UK
> >english, though I sometimes type color instead of colour when posting
> >to this list. I also don't believe in learning you guys english.
> >People in Sweden have become much worse at spelling and grammars.
> >Mostly this is "corrected" by changing the spelling, so in a few years
> >you can spell anyway you want to :-( On the other hand will most words
> >be english with swedish endings by then :-(
> >
> >Mattias
> >
> >,2006/4/28, DAVIESW739 at aol.com <DAVIESW739 at aol.com>:
> >>How about Got, Gotten, Gotta and Gonna. I hear these on the news and  
>all
> >>over now. I was told by a school teacher that Gotten is correct English
> >>now  boy
> >>not when I went to school.
> >>
> >>Walt  Davies
> >>Cooper Hollow Farm
> >>Monmouth, OR 97361
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