What is the language "British"?

[jdow]

From: "Tim" <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>

> Tim:
>> > Some time ago our newspapers started using American spelling, which *is*
>> > "incorrect" to do in Australia.  One reason given was that it was a
>> > complete pain trying to work around the American spell checker.
>> 
> Gene Heskett:
>> Humm, if it results in less miss-understandings between the peoples by
>> pushing the people toward a common ground for language usage, I can't
>> see as its an undesirable effect.
> 
> Okay, let's see the yanks fall in line with origins of their language,
> rather than subverting someone else's...  ;-)

Are you sure? Do remember that there was a pocket of hillbillies
discovered who were speaking almost pure Elisabethan English. It
may be that WE are purer English than the British just like the
Quebecois are using purer old French than the French.


> For what it's worth, Australian English is distinctly different than
> other countries.  You do need to regionalise such things.  Trying to
> tell another country to spell things in a foreign way is insulting.
> We'll inventitate our own languages, thank you very much...

Is "inventitate" real Aussie? That's as awful sounding as some of
the uglier neologisms here in the States.

While we're on words, it is to be noted that Pluto, the planet,
has been downgraded. There is a growing body of dissent over
this action by the IAU. It is thought all the planets should be
renamed in protest using Disney characters. Henceforth the Earth
is to be called by its new proper name, Goofy.

{O,o}   <wanders off muttering about the "Green Hills of Goofy">