Whingeing and Cringing

[Kephart, Ronald]

>"...The British "moan about their own English being supplanted by 
>the American kind," writes Deborah Cameron, a professor of languages 
>in education at the University of London..."

Tell 'em to grow up and get over themselves. After all, their 
ancestors carried what would become "English" to the British isles by 
invading from mainland Europe, in the process nearly wiping out the 
Celtic languages they found in place. One good linguistic turn 
deserves another....

Ron