On 2015-04-17, J Martin Rushton <martinrushton56@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 17/04/15 16:04, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> >> On Fri, April 17, 2015 9:51 am, Always Learning wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 08:00 -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >>> >>>> It is amazing how much one can cripple what another person said by >>>> scissoring his phrases ;-) >>> >>> English people (excludes USA people) >> >> The first thing I learned what US people (before became one myself) >> take English pronunciation for was... Well, I asked US person at the >> conference: does he know this person (and gave the name of English >> person). The answer was: >> >> "that guy with accent" >> >> Isn't it funny to call correct English pronunciation an accent? ;-) >> (adding "lough track" so who don't feel it's funny still can lough >> here taking it as a joke ;-) >> >> Valeri ><snip> > > Speaking as a Yorkshireman who has also lived on Tyneside: what is > "correct English pronunciation"? There is probably a greater > variation of accent within England than between "standard" English and > "standard" American. > > Martin Sorry, what was that? ;-) -- Liam _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos