English; the official language of the USA.

dlowan wrote:

I am NOT a rodent. I am a lagomorph.

You are indeed. And quite tasty. My sincere apologies.

dlowan wrote:

I am NOT a rodent.



I am a lagomorph.

I'm inclined to think she is of this kind: Pika

Let's start:



Stop, Bunny, I surrender!!!

Whilst the British are used to being told that if it wasn't for American help we might be speaking German or Russian by now, I respectfully remind Americans that if it wasn't for us Brits you would all be speaking French. You know, the language of the cheese eating surrender monkeys. C'est vrai.

Steve (as 41oo) wrote:

Whilst the British are used to being told that if it wasn't for American help we might be speaking German or Russian by now, I respectfully remind Americans that if it wasn't for us Brits you would all be speaking French. You know, the language of the cheese eating surrender monkeys. C'est vrai.

On the other hand, it wouldn't have taken them 200 years to come up with decent coffee. I can't say the net impact of the British was beneficial.

I'm intrigued by the headline on this thread, Steve. Surely you are aware of the fact that nobody in the USA speaks proper English? Official language? It's not even unofficial.

At last, America has an official language (and yes, its English)

Washington

In a new twist to the contentious immigation debate, the Senate has voted to designate English the national language of the United States, and to effectively ban federal government ordinances and services in any language other than English.

It is certain that, were our antecedants Froggy, we would eat a great many more wabbits ! ! ! !

Undoubtedly, Coney Island would soon have been bereft of coneys.

Now this makes sense

Had they called it Ile de Peau de Lapin, the history of the world would be quite different.

Enough that Englishmen in the 1670's named it Coney Island.

Certainly . . . i cannot imagine ordering a frankfurter with cheese, chilil sauce and onions by requesting: "Gimme a ile de peau de lapin, and load on the onions!"