At 07:04 PM 29/03/2001 +1200, Phillip wrote:
>It is worth remembering the serious side of all this.
I take your point, Phillip, which was also my point. I was being quite
serious, if somewhat oblique. There are assumptions abroad (and have been
for yonks) that English has well-defined and easily definable linguistic
"structures", which is just not true (such as the assumption that the word
WE has a definable meaning in isolation from any other context). It seems
to me that people from so-called "English-speaking" cultures are finding it
increasingly hard to immerse themselves comfortably in other so-called
"English-speaking" cultures.
But of course, as a New Zealander, you would be more than aware of such
anomalies. ;-)
regards,
Phil
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