> The estimable quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne) writes: > Any linguistics expert will tell you that present-day 'American' pronunciation > is closer to Shakespeare's English than present day 'Queen's English' is. Fie!! Does that even apply to Texas? If so, I'm fixin' to grin!(Resident deepinahearta but still have trouble with usage such as "y'all"....)