UC    824539 Sun, 17 Sep 06 07:00 PM ""Good English"? Nope. Sorry. No such thing. No adjective of quality can be used with 'English'." "He cooks a good English. A. Gwilliam To e-mail me, replace "bottomless pit" with "devnull"" 'Halting', 'broken', etc. can be used, of course, but not 'good', 'bad', etc. UC Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Adjectives, Teaching, Languages, Apologies

	Django Cat    641144 Sun, 17 Sep 06 08:52 PM "Neither you nor John Briggs seem to have noticed the ... Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com" ""Good English"? Nope. Sorry. No such thing. No adjective of quality can be used with 'English'. "Speak English well" or ... There is no "good Michael" or "bad Michael". There is no "good Pope Pius X" or "bad Pope Pius X"." Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'. Django Cat Relationships, Friendships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States, Adjectives, Languages, Apologies

	Anonymous    641157 Sun, 17 Sep 06 09:36 PM "Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'." "I'm sure you can find examples, especially in Bulgaria..." Own up, W. You are really Oskar Homolka, addressing Michael Caine in 'Billion Dollar Brain'. That's the only example of 'English' as a proper noun you're going to dig out... apart from maybe an ex-manager of the Welsh Football team. DC Anonymous Nouns, Football, Relationships, Friendships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages, Sports

	Django Cat    641174 Sun, 17 Sep 06 09:52 PM "Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'." "Is there "good Mt. Rushmore" and "bad Mt. Rushmore"?" No idea, I've never been. Is there good coffee and bad coffee? Your turn. DC, despite what Google may have folk believe out there. Django Cat Relationships, Friendships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Raymond S. Wise    641187 Sun, 17 Sep 06 09:56 PM "Neither you nor John Briggs seem to have noticed the ... his own choice of adjective. Otherwise, why the scare quotes?" "Why do you think I didn't notice it, and why do you think it is curious?" Your question makes me think that, even though you noticed the quotes, to the extent that you used them in your reply, you don't recognize the problem, that they can easily be taken to be scare quotes. Otherwise, why would you not see that is a curious usage? The original poster wrote rather than . To most people, this would be taken as a use of scare quotes, in this case the use of quotes to question the concept of good English. This is presumably just the opposite of what the OP intended. Raymond S. Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com Raymond S. Wise Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States, Usages, Adjectives, Languages

	John Dean    824567 Sun, 17 Sep 06 10:55 PM "Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'." "I'm sure you can find examples, especially in Bulgaria..." What have the Wombles to do with this? John Dean Oxford John Dean Relationships, Friendships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Teaching, Languages