on 10/30/01 4:43 PM, tedd at tedd@... wrote:

> It IS linguistic evolution and the strongest survive. However, I
> don't believe that it is entirely a US-centric affair because all
> languages are represented in the decision making. If they left it up
> to us (US), everyone would be speaking English with no derivations,
> eh?

But which version of US English?  Midwest, Northeast, South, Californian...?

We don't have a non-derivational English here.

Mark Lincoln