On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 3:25:50 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 4:44:26 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 08:29:29 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 10:49:18 AM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:41:01 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Please will you explain 'corn pudding'? Remember, my 'pudding' is your
> > > > > > > 'dessert', so i am a bit confused
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is it anything like cornbread? If so, why is it call pudding?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A better question is "Why do the British call dessert pudding"?
> > > > >
> > > > > Google doesn't work where you are? The first hit that I got was
> > > > > very believable:
> > > > >
> > > > > <http://greatbritishmag.co.uk/lifestyle/why-do-brits-call-dessert-pudding>
> > > > >
> > > > I knew that already. It's not a real answer, and basically calls them
> > > > classist snobs.
> > >
> > > The English invented the language, so whatever they do, they're always
> > > right.
> >
> > The Romans invented Latin, anything other than Classical Latin is incorrect.

You miss my point. The pronunciation of Latin in Great Britain is different
from Classical Latin. Roman colonies adapted Latin into the modern
Romance language. Language changes. There's no point saying "whatever
they do, they're always right". My grammar-school teacher would rightly
have marked "colour" as incorrect on a spelling test.

> English isn't a Roman language. We'd have to look at Germanic for its
> roots.

Fair enough. The English should be speaking 5th century German,
rather than corrupting it into modern English.

Cindy Hamilton