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To: MayflowerMadam
That’s true re pronunciation. The discussion had to do with proper grammar.

There is more to the "King's English" than just grammar. It also includes pronunciation and diction.

If I speak "King's English," using the proper grammar but with an American or Australian accent and/or pronunciation, am I really speaking the "King's English?"

WRT the phrase in question as published, it is more likely British slang than proper "King's English" grammar.

43 posted on 07/13/2025 6:02:03 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

“There is more to the ‘King’s English’ than just grammar.”

Of course, but the discussion I was involved in with another FReeper was SPECIFIC only to grammar and syntax.

That’s like saying, when the topic is power steering, “There is more to a car than power steering”.


46 posted on 07/13/2025 8:19:42 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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