"Broadback" wrote .

I have subscribe to "rec.food.cooking", as I think several people who post
here are. It makes you realise what a difference there is between us and
them, foreign in all but language and that differs more as time passes by.
do other here agree, or am I wrong?

Sue has an English born relative that was in the USAF for many years, he
made his home in the States and married a local girl. When their son went to
school the parents were called in because the son was having difficulty with
spelling and grammar etc,. However, once the "English" teacher heard the
father speak she apologised for not realising the son was speaking and
writing English.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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On 03/08/13 15:48, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Broadback" wrote .

I have subscribe to "rec.food.cooking", as I think several people who
post here are. It makes you realise what a difference there is between
us and them, foreign in all but language and that differs more as time
passes by. do other here agree, or am I wrong?

Sue has an English born relative that was in the USAF for many years, he
made his home in the States and married a local girl. When their son
went to school the parents were called in because the son was having
difficulty with spelling and grammar etc,. However, once the "English"
teacher heard the father speak she apologised for not realising the son
was speaking and writing English.

I lived and worked in Paris for 5 years in the 1950s. Once I was stopped
in the street by a young woman who said, "Excuse me. Do you speak
American?" To which I could truthfully say, "No, I'm sorry, I only speak
English." I left her staring at me in amazement.

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

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