From: | Phillip Driscoll <phild@...> |
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Date: | Friday, October 31, 2003, 2:32 |
Roger Mills wrote:> > Y'all in Europe, who have not been exposed to 50-plus years of constant > TV-commercial bombardment, would be amazed at the influence they can haveon> American speech. Granted, it's usually short-lived; but we probably all > remember, and at some point have said-- > > "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!" > "Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!" > "I've fallen and I can't get up!" > et alia, which are probably meaningless to outlanders ;-)))"Where's the beef?"