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Re: Some More Interesting Differences #203943 07/16/05 08:30 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,293 Aberdeen, but living in Kent (... YConnell Top Banana
YConnell Top Banana Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,293 Aberdeen, but living in Kent (...	Coming back to address Lynn's original theme. Yes, the differences between different forms of English are fascinating, and the even more fascinating question is why? How come, in the contexts you note, did we in the UK drop 'the' while you over in the US retained it? How come the US retained 'gotten' while we ditched it? And so on. Was there a conscious decision somewhere along the line to be different, either by the Brits or the Americans? Or was it due to a particular linguistic dogma espoused on one or other sides of the Atlantic? Or was it just a natural evolution from the mix of peoples in both lands? Anyone got any answers? Yvonne

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Some More Interesting Differences	lynnm	07/11/05 08:51 PM
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Re: Some More Interesting Differences	Wendymr	07/11/05 09:54 PM
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Re: Some More Interesting Differences	Anna B. the Greek	07/12/05 07:43 AM
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Re: Some More Interesting Differences	lynnm	07/14/05 01:35 PM
Re: Some More Interesting Differences	Anna B. the Greek	07/14/05 05:06 PM
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Re: Some More Interesting Differences	Helga	07/16/05 02:27 PM
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Re: Some More Interesting Differences	Anna B. the Greek	07/18/05 04:36 PM
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