Re: looking for a limerick

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 Paul <paulmathewmac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Hello all!
>Do you think the general trend is towards English evolving as a truly
>international language with distinct   geographic identities in terms
>of meaning, accent and usage gradually making way for a broader
>spectrum easily understood and accepted by everybody concerned
>irrespective of their nationality?

I think that process is well underway, thanks to TV and films. There
aren't many speakers of British English speakers who don't know what a
"sidewalk" or a "faucet" is, for instance.
-- 
John Hall
            "Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin"
            attributed to Sir Josiah Stamp,
            a former director of the Bank of England