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<div>Dear John,</div> <div> Of course. Example, "English weather is so fickle" (By the way, the song was sung with tongue firmly in cheek). We must also consider that English might different things to others. I can remember being told by a Spanish lady that her house was full of paintings in the English style. She meant paintings that represented fox - hunting. On the other hand, quite a few of us - of a certain age - will know what is meant by "it has a certain continental style" <BR><B><I>John Roberts <dr_john_roberts@sil.org></I></B> escribió:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div>Michael,<BR><BR>The Flanders and
Swan comic song about the English being better than all the <BR>rest acclaims the fact that the English are not like johnny foreigner who <BR>all have ways inferior to the English. In the song "foreign" includes the <BR>Scots, the Welsh and the Irish, by the way. But with over 250 languages <BR>spoken in London it looks like the whole world has (or have) become English! <BR>So what does it mean to be English today?<BR><BR>In my Collins COBUILD dictionary it says "English means belonging to or <BR>relating to England, or to its people or language" and my NODE dictionary <BR>says "English: relating to England or its people or language." I would say <BR>only the first option is valid today. The English people have many different <BR>ethnic and cultural mixes today. All the peoples of the world now live in <BR>England and English is the language of the world. This is either the <BR>ultimate irony for Flanders and Swan.or the ultimate vindication.<BR><BR>"The English the
English the English are best<BR>I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest"<BR><BR>John Roberts <BR><BR></div></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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