Miriam: > Language is a reflection of / inseparable from culture and the turns of > phrase that we are assuming mark the writer of that media copy as a non-native speaker may merely be the utterances of a native speaker of yet another variation of English, in this case peculiar to Thailand! Hmm. I think this is a different use of the term "native speaker"! Michael Lewis -------------------------------------- Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia www.brandle.com.au -------------------------------------- ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************