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Old 04-07-2006, 04:22 PM   #5
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance
I think I just discovered where the English and the American language parted....
There actually is American English; it's just not universally spoken here, unfortunately. The pervasive "progressive" enthusiasm for relativism is killing it slowly; a semantic demonstration of Gresham's Law.

You can still see examples of actual American English, as well as some insightful speculation on why it's becoming rarer here.
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