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Have you forgotten that we who live across the pond don't speak the whosoever is in charge English, we speak American!!!

Ya every single war is the US fault? That is the STUPIDEST argument yet. We did not arrive in the Philippines and go "damn we needs to kill some Muslims" THEY attacked US. They resorted to terror and guerrilla warfare. We simply responded. We should take a lesson from that war in our current war with Islam.

priceless........

You are aware that Muslims are STILL fighting the Philippine Government and have been since it came into being?

You are aware that you appear to be having an argument with yourself?

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except that according to Eddie Izzard, the Queen is bionic. She'll NEVER give up the throne! [:D]

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The Queen's English or King's English (depending upon who is on the throne) is essentially the "posh" (for want of a better term) English spoken by aristocratic familiies including the Royal Family and was traditionally used by BBC presenters - think Alvar Liddell - before regional accents became acceptable.

Carl Myers was therefore joking that if a Queen died and was replaced by a King, we would need to learn a new language i.e. it would no longer be the Queen's English, but the King's English (when in fact there is absolutely no difference at all).

Hope that helps.....and makes the reason for my response clear. The French Dutch and German thing refers to the fact that early English monarchs were more likely to speak French than English. The Dutch was William III after the velvet revolution that displaced James II and German was the arrival of the Hanovarians.