[Gllug] Re:SCO's Linux fight

[John Hearns]

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.


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.


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