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Gary Woods wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote:

English is constantly evolving and it evolves from the UK

Wrong tense, methinks: "evolved?" The various versions that left the UK
at various times have taken their own course like Darwin's birds.

With a certain amount of misgenation in all directions, though the
version we speak in the UK is more misgenated than most, as is the
genetics of the population! And, of course, the ecology - a persistent
discussion point on this group.

Do you have a
faucet in your house, does your car have a hood or fender? I rest my case.

Yes, yes, and yes. Those are perfectly reasonable synonyms, and all
educated Britons understand both forms. Indeed, our current 'correct'
spelling dates only from the 19th century, and anyone reading earlier
literature or attempting to write historical fiction needs to learn
some of the other forms. Elizabethan (Tudor, that is) English was
all over the shop, and Chauce spelled bald 5 different ways in the
Prolog alone.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.