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February 19, 2010
Bilingualism
I was reading a story about how the US Navy exchanges officers and men with other Navies. Royal Navy Lt. Angus Essenhigh, a navigation officer, was part of that exchange. He was part of ship's company on the USS Winston Churchill. How fitting. Essenhigh found this out when he tried to lay one of his "British" navigation words on the ship's captain, Cmdr. Michael Franken.For those not up with Navy terminology QM1 is a "Quartermaster First Class". An enlisted rank. Quartermasters deal with navigation and ship handling. All of this was brought to mind by a Winston Churchill quote: Americans and British are one people separated only by a common language. I looked into the subject a little deeper and found this: `We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language' - Oscar Wilde Help is available for the language challenged or those wishing to improve their bilingual skills: Bum Bags and Fanny Packs : A British-American American-British Dictionary Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 02.19.10 at 01:45 AM
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"The english language is a source of separation even in North America. Idioms and vernacular have different meaning from east to west, north to south, we all know the words, but the intended meaning is different." Fo Shizzle. RT · February 19, 2010 03:44 PM Henry Higgins said it best (in My Fair Lady): Rich · February 19, 2010 06:46 PM Post a comment
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The english language is a source of separation even in North America. Idioms and vernacular have different meaning from
east to west, north to south, we all know the words, but the intended meaning is different.