On Monday 28 August 2006 19:01, Robin Laing wrote: > > I learned the term Queens English from British Soldiers I was working with. > Of course, in the north we look down on the wimps who think Queen's English is correct. <tongue-in-cheek> Queen's English is only about 30% genuine, historic, old English. The further north you get, nearer to the border, the better. Geordie dialect (Newcastle area) is believed to have the most authentic with better than 80% historically correct :-) Anne
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