Erik P. Olsen wrote: > Hm, tried the English (Denmark) version and there is absolutely no Danish > in that and it merely looks like another American English variant. I looked at English (Irish) some time ago, and couldn't find any difference from English (UK). The two differences that are sometimes quoted are "rere" (for the back of a building) and "seperate" for "separate". I've always assumed that the latter stems from some Dan Quayle-like teacher refusing to admit he (or more likely she) was wrong. But English (Irish) did not actually have either of these. A lot of these English variants strike me as rather mythical. I guess if you can't think of a topic for a thesis and live on the moon it is quite handy. (Reminds me - I was taught 60 years ago never to write "lot", "got" or "nice", but that is a hard diet to follow.) -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
