Re: What are the basic differences between British and American English?

In message <44c924bf$0$7685$a729d347@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, António Marques <m.ap@xxxxxxx> writes
Paulo da Costa wrote:

But as A. C. Wakeford writes, '...in England - this septic isle...', and
don't come tell me that 'isle' there is a metaphor.

Was he a geography expert?

I most assuredly think that Tony knows there's some other country
somewhere up north.

Not to mention it being a reference to Shakespeare's "sceptered isle".

But how could England be equated to the whole isle, either in
Shakespeare's or John something's time?

"Two-thirds of an isle" wouldn't scan.

--
Richard Herring
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