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[Jack & Naree]

On 19/09/05, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> On 19/09/05, Jack & Naree <jack.macdaddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > This really depends on who you're talking about, and I'm not sure it 
> is
> > > "most". Most *Europeans* who learn English as a foreign language learn
> > > the UK spellings; most Asians, in my experience, learn the US 
> spellings.
> >
> > Asians - you mean Indians? Pakistanis? Bangladeshis?
> > Of course, you mightn't know that in Britain "Asian" means "south Asian"
> > and the American usage of "Asian" (East Asian) is covered with the word
> > "Oriental".
> 
> I am rather amused by the juxtaposition that in American usage, Asians
> predominantly get taught American English, and in British usage,
> Asians predominantly get taught British English...

 And the irony is, that that's because the difference between AmEn and En is 
that Asian has a different meaning - illustrating the point.

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