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From: James Jayo <iacomus@yahoo.com>
Subject: Greek vice, the English language and pop music
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John Isles wrote:

> I do welcome the evident convergence of British
> and American spelling that I see happening.

which reminds me of part of a song called Glamourous
Glue by Britpop singer Steven Morrissey:

We look to Los Angeles
for the language we use.
London is dead.
London is dead.
London is dead.

On the language front, English itself is a messy love
affair between Latin and German, which are both Indo
European languages anyway, so maybe it's more a case
of incest than bastardy with words like television and
homosexuality. 

Best,
~James

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