hey I read your thread on mormonism and thank you for putting that out there. I'm mormon myself and hope you keep up the good work to spread what is true about us and to get rid of all the rumors.

I have not really talked to you since you got your account. What is up?

For sure they cut out any footage of people giving them a right answer. Comedy's sake.

I'm glad I can talk about this without straining myself with linguistic. Yeah, America has quite a variety aside from AAVE, the Southern dialects and the Northeastern ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cot-caught_merger.png

I'm only probably going to post something like that once, because I'm no linguist. It's interesting to see how most of the Western speakers have merged cot and caught, while speakers in the East are resisting to change.

Lastly on language, what really grabs my attention is the accent variety in the UK. Even in England alone. The "British" accent as some people know is just Received Pronunciation - the Queen's English. George Bernard Shaw even said, "It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him."

Well anyway, I'm done with that for now. Yeah, we beat the French.. 8-7. It was a close game. The French brought out their best, which was surprising considering how much of a ruckus they had made of their tournament. It came down to the last minute and the All Blacks were desperately holding onto the ball. I'm pretty sure if the French stole it they'd immediately make a run for the All Blacks' side of the field and kick a drop goal.

Yeah, I got all those questions too and remember the KFC thing. I think, I've also happened to go to that exact same KFC. Oh, and those folks who went around asking questions are just a bunch of silly comedians. You know, the kind who like satirical pranking?

Yup, there are more English speakers in the subcontinent but they sure aren't native English speakers. It's interesting to see how the global proliferation of English twists the language in some places. Accents, dialects, creoles, pidgins, slang, patois, you name it.
Oh, and thanks for supporting the ABs. If they don't crush France, they'll be humiliated.

Oh, and I forgot you replied about the sports.

Cricket never was popular in continental Europe. It was a English pursuit. Thus, cricket is generally popular in countries that were once part of the British Empire. The Indians love cricket to death.

I'm not sure about Djokovic, but he's a really nice guy. And funny. I was surprised Deron Williams was traded, but I wasn't actively following the league anymore at that point. I don't really know why someone would absolutely detest the Lakers unless they were a Celtics fan, but whatever.

As for rugby, everyone's tipping NZ to tip the French over. Unless those roosters bring their A-game, they'll be thrashed.