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From: donh@netcom.com (Don HARLOW)
Subject: Re: Single European Language
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philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk skribis en lastatempa afisxo <803065760snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk>:
>
>Consider that British Englisg and American English are more similar 
>now than they were 100 or 200 years ago. This is because of increased 
>interaction between Americans and Britons, because of improved
>communications.
>
Phil, could you document this? I have never seen anything in the 
literature to indicate that Bostonian English of 1775 was less similar to 
London English of the same date than the two forms are today. In fact, in 
some fields terminology has diverged considerably between the two 
countries (e.g., in the language used to describe automobiles, including 
the pejorative).

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