James R. Johnson wrote:
When I went to London, I did have to ask what a secre tree was (any relation to the oak tree?). And a labora tree and an observa tree and a 'lie bree' and the 'straw bree'... :) Were I able to stay longer, perhaps I would have understood better.
Since English is really a dialect of French, a lie bree is probably a place where you buy your books, as it is in any "proper language" (-:
And at least we pronounce the 'r' at the ends of words. :)
Like I said, English English English English is a dialect of French (-:
I find the concept of "proper English" quite funny, because if there is one language that is not properly pronounced ([[en:List of names in English with non-intuitive pronunciations]] would be quite short in, say, Italian.
Gerrit.