"Alan Jones" wrote:
> "Ildhund" wrote
>> Bert Vaux wrote...
>>
>>> 3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of English
>>> worldwide, not just in the United States.
>>
>> Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions seem to
>> relate to purely American linguistic oddities. I do hope the author
>> will consider a similar geographical survey of quirks in British
>> English - "What is your normal greeting on meeting an acquaintance?
>> Hello, Na'then, Eyup" or "Does your pronunciation of 'scone' [a
>> variety of bun] rhyme with 'gone' or 'stone' or 'boon'?"
>
> Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel
> and snicket. But no distinction is made between British _regional_ and
> _social_ dialects e.g. the "dinner" question, nor any allowance for
> social context e.g. the "public lavatory" question (the same person
> may use "loo" or "toilet" or "gents" etc depending on whom he is
> addressing and on what occasion).
He's got two ways for you to deal with that sort of cir***stance: the
Comments field is a place for you to add information that isn't included
in
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