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CHAT: English English

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Thursday, November 30, 2000, 9:00
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:43:29 +0000 > From: Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
> Obviously not familiar with the English of England :)
Wild tangent: And what's with the delicatessen staff at my local Waitrose asking 'Can I help you at all?' when I come up to the counter? To me, that 'at all' sounds almost accusatory. Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)