Jeremy Boden wrote: > In message <vcb1x6zs9sz.fsf@beta19.sm.ltu.se>, Torkel Franzen > <torkel@sm.luth.se> writes > >Jeremy Boden <jeremy@jboden.demon.co.uk> writes: > > > >> Perhaps you would be happier with a statement that > >> "by definition the English speak English". > > > > I suppose this means that "English English" is an oxymoron? > > No, but I still think "American English" is clearly oxymoronic. >