Message from discussion Thief 3 : more comments

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:25:38 +0200
From: Kars <nob...@nothing.com>
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Subject: Re: Thief 3 : more comments
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Walter Mitty wrote:
> Kars <nob...@nothing.com> brightened my day with his incisive wit when in 
> news:408cf82c@puffinus.its.uu.se he conjectured that:
> 
> 
>>David Cowie wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:12:06 +0200, Walter Mitty wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>American accents? Totally out of place. 
>>>
>>>
>>>Does Thief 3 takes place in England ? 
>>>
>>
>>And interestingly, if you've studied the history of the english language 
>>you see that the way american english sounds is closer to old english 
>>than modern british english.
>>
>>/kars
> 
> 
> Source? Since none of the origins of the English language (Celts, Romans, 
> Angles, Saxons, Jutes) sound anything like Americans I find this hard to 
> believe : I'd love to see the facts.

It seems I haven't my "History of the English language" at hand (course 
literature from when I studied English at Uppsala University (Sweden)). 
Then again, it might have been something a lecturer said, so 
unfortunately I can't back up my claim right now :/

/kars