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Unread 06-14-2006, 11:24 PM
Janet Kenny Janet Kenny is offline
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Originally posted by R. S. Gwynn:
But Janet, dialect is what I hear and what I speak! Yet I've learned, over the years, to conform my speech (and meters) to what is considered "normal" Eng-speech.
Don't we all Sam? We all speak many dialects. When I get drunk in England I speak New Zealandish and when I get drunk in Australia I speak Knightsbridge.
When I shop in Australia I speak cautiously. Especially in Queensland.
Janet

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