Posted by gary, from Somersetshire...well, 350+ years ago anyway (208.133.221.219) on February 09, 2000 at 20:16:57:
In Reply to: a challenge posted by Simon on February 09, 2000 at 19:51:48:
you might find this interesting:
'tis said that some of the folks in the real backwaters of the eastern part of USA
up in the southern mountains and on some of the Maine islands,
speak PURER english than the brits,-
BEcause
they haven't read a book OR talked to anybody but "their own" since they landed here in the Elizabethan era
but enough about my treehouse dwelling cousins
the major reason US english is correct,
and brit english isn't is:
about 225 years ago there was a war
we won