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Glad to help!
Pete
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Robert wrote:
> "She says 'tomato' and I say 'tomahto'.....", etc.
> But thanks for the email from tomorrow. I was explaining to my
> favorite great-granddaughter only 33 minutes before your post below
> about time zones, Daylight Rearranging Time, states that are split,
> etc., etc., and mentioned that "it's 6 minutes after midnight in
> London". Her 9 year old mind apparently, until that moment, had not
> collided with the possibility of someone living tomorrow.
>
> You can bet that I'll be printing this with full headers for her.
>
>
>
> Peter Farrow wrote:
>
>> Yeah "Farrow" is English, from the south west at that originally.....
>> (Bristol), not too far from Wales, interstingly, the toll bridge to
>> get to Wales is only pay one way, thats to go from England to Wales,
>> I explain this by stating "There is no fee to enter the promised land"...
>>
>> http://www.severnbridge.co.uk/
>>
>> I am quite fortunate in having visited many many parts of the US for
>> work and pleasure alike, the most amusing take on my "British Accent"
>> was when I was asked which part of Canada I was from.
>>
>> I do of course speak what could be referred to as "the Queens
>> english" with a hint of West Country thrown in for good measure.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Country_dialects
>>
>> Although I most definitely do not sound like a pirate.... from the
>> above page
>>
>> "
>>
>> The West Country accent is probably most identified in American
>> English </wiki/American_English> as "pirate </wiki/Pirate> speech" ?
>> cartoon-like "Ooh arr, me 'earties! Sploice the mainbrace!" talk is
>> very similar. This may be a result of the strong seafaring
>> </wiki/Seafaring> tradition of the West Country, both legal and
>> outlaw. Edward Teach (Blackbeard </wiki/Blackbeard>) was a native of
>> Bristol, and privateer </wiki/Privateer> and English hero Francis
>> Drake </wiki/Francis_Drake> hailed from Tavistock </wiki/Tavistock>
>> in Devon.
>> "
>>
>> ---my mother-in-law definitely does, in fact my accent is such a
>> non-accent I have actually had jobs reading the news on local BBC
>> radio...- and trust me "you have to be bloody jolly british sounding"
>> to be allowed do that.... ;-)
>>
>> Another thing that makes me laugh is when Holywood labels places in
>> films as "London, England".... that really is LOL... do you guys
>> really need that?
>>
>> Given the chance (again) to emigrate and go to the USA, I would of
>> course jump at it, anywhere that has such cheap gas and plentiful
>> supply of V8 power automobiles is truly heaven on earth.
>>
>> NTSC TV quality will take some getting used to though after BBC PAL &
>> Terrestial RGB Digital Tv here....
>>
>> P.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Peter Farrow <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well,
>>>>You didn't disappoint too much,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>I know all about Greenwich v. Paris. ;-> Farrow sounded
>>>English, although I'm not up on all of the origins of various
>>>surnames in the Greater Commonwealth of the United Kingdom
>>>and his territories.
>>>
>>>E.g., and unlike most Americans, I don't call everything a
>>>"British accent." I want to smack all my fellow Americans
>>>who say such to Australians and others. Besides, despite
>>>never leaving the US, I pride myself on knowing differences
>>>between the main London, southern isle, Welch (oh God do I
>>>love women with such enchanting vocals ;-), Scottish and, the
>>>one most Americans can't stand, Manchester (although beyond
>>>those main ones, I can't tell much difference).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>the term "UTC" always makes me chuckle,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Well, there's a more technical reason as I pointed out.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>and I always bait my friends across the water by pretending
>>>>not to know what it is....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Sorry, not that clueless (despite never have left the US, nor
>>>seen even half of it).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The French originally wanted zero Longitude to be through
>>>>Paris, but they changed in the end....
>>>>http://www.fi.edu/time/keepers/frick/res3.htm
>>>>I think this actually answers it all.....
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time
>>>>Long live GMT...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Remember, it was our American President that forced the
>>>issue.
>>>Which begs the question ...
>>>
>>>Is it all just results of American rise and influence?
>>>
>>>Or the greater British conspiracy spanning a half millenia to
>>>father, spurn then support a new nation to further it's
>>>agenda and economies using the same language?
>>>
>>>Many doubt this theory. But unlike most Americans, I do not
>>>miss the subliminal but key fact that at the entrance of the
>>>main exhibit of the US National Archives where you can view
>>>the Declaration of Indepdenece and US Constitution, the
>>>British Magna Carta is prominently displayed as basically the
>>>key, pre-requisite document.
>>>
>>>And even before the French really got involved in our little,
>>>planned rebellon on our side of the world (away from the
>>>European theater that was there well before our conflict), we
>>>were negotiating a treaty with the British to end it. That
>>>led the Spanards to push the French to retaliate to change
>>>the original terms of (what would be) the Treaty of Versai to
>>>make the Americans a colony of France.
>>>
>>>Oh there are so much that Americans know so little about!
>>>
>>>Shall I continue? (yes, I know, I will off-list ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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