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From: pmvander@quads.uchicago.edu (peter michael van der poorten)
Subject: Re: Differences between American + British english
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 19:11:34 GMT
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In article <D5yIDv.L0G@Virginia.EDU> dc7v@Virginia.EDU (Damon Chetson) writes:

>The Prince of Wales made the comment yesterday that the gulf
>between American English and English English is widening and
>that the two groups might, at some point in the future, have
>trouble understanding one another.  I think we've reached that
>point.  Please explain.

Why do you think we've reached that point?
I think possibly the gulf between the Prince of Wales and reality is widening.
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