[Gllug] Re:SCO's Linux fight

[Alistair Mann]

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Thus spaketh John Hearns on Thursday 05 June 2003 9:58 am:
>> It's a deeply personal thing I know, but I have no problem whatsoever with
>> people using so-called Americanizations; I know I frequently use them
>> myself.
>>
>> For instance, how many people object to the Americanism 'Fall' when we call
>> it
>> 'Autumn'? Did those same people know that Shakespeare called it Fall, and
>> thus so did the English, long before the Americans? In this, and many other
>> examples, American English is actually closer to the English of old than is
>> British English.
>
>
> I believe that a group of people called 'Melungeons' were found living in
> the
> Blue Ridge Mountains (??) who are thought to be directly descended from the
> Virginia settlers, and spoke in an old English dialect.
> Elvis was one of these people.

That's a great story!

"I'm just of to buy some woad, dear. Your husband has left the house, 
thankyouverymuch"

> BTW, out of interest the Virginia settlers ship left from Docklands.
> There is a monument in the riverside, just downstream of the Reuters
> building.
> If anyone is going to Telehouse etc. its worth a visit.
> The dock near there is now a nature reserve, and just further downstream is
> Trinity Bouy Wharf, which is a pretty funky place.
> It has a lighthouse where Trinity House used to test lights.
> Artists live there, and there is a piece of music playing which won't
> repeat for several thousand years.

Ah, the halcyon days before .midi files...

Just to get the thread back on topic for this list, it's my Humble & Modest 
Opinion that we in the internet/computers arena lead the rest of the 
population in the development of English. 'Upgrade' has passed back into 
popular use, as has 'application', 'firewall', and 'must. have. more. 
coffeeeee'. And 'tis the linux and OSS set who lead inside the arena.

I thank dog that 'VDU' never made it ;-)
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Alistair
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