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Submitted by Jeffrey Good, Dec 11, 2007 04:41

I am amazed to read about the debate that is running in the USA regarding English as the Americans' official language. The Americans speak American and the British speak English. With over 5000 different meanings, expressions, and spellings surely every educated person knows this.


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