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Re: Hello to you all!

From:Jonathan Knibb <jonathan_knibb@...>
Date:Thursday, March 7, 2002, 18:52
BP Jonsson skrev:
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What really annoys me is when I meet British people and they get annoyed by my Americanoid English accent. It's like I feel obliged to apologize for the fact that my grandmother had actually lived in Chicago and that I picked up my accent from her! <<< Oh dear ... it would be dishonest of me not to admit that I am one such Brit, although not usually openly ... but it would be churlish to mention it after such a sympathetic response from someone I'd indirectly insulted .... <scratches head> Perhaps the best thing would be for me to stop getting annoyed by it :) Jonathan. 'O dear white children casual as birds, Playing among the ruined languages...' W. H. Auden, 'Hymn to St. Cecilia'

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