[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

I admit I'm from one of the former colonies so I might be biased in this but I would have thought there were quite enough versions of "English" spoken within the United Kingdoms to make comprehension a challenge.

hi Grant,
I know we are deviating from the thread here, but just to say, what I meant about a common language and odd misunderstanding was not about speech, no problem there it is the written word and where it is used to describe different things in different countries and also the spelling has been changed.

regards, Richard