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The Language Log (the linguists' blog) actually debunked the original five which started this list, finding four of five of actual British origin. (http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3271) This is ridiculously poor as an article and is not representative of British attitudes to language...

I suppose in a perfect world where it were possible to prove without a doubt that somebody is guilty, yeah, then it would be cheaper. No retrials for you. In reality, this isn't the case and there is always doubt, hence human rights. (Although I must add that I am morally against the state given...

It's not the actual killing that is expensive (although it's getting harder as more and more countries flat out refuse to sell the drugs to the US); it's the constant retrials. No judge wants innocent blood on his hands, so the appeals are allowed, and the investigation done again. Every...

Also @this heated argument about countries: The United Kingdom is a sovereign state and may be called a country as it is a geographical region. It is on the ISO list of countries. The UK is made up of three former states and the northern provinces of Ireland. These don't appear on the ISO list...

This is an interesting way of looking at it, but what I have learnt differs. I've been taught that one's accent is the manner of pronunciation whilst dialect is vocabulary, grammar, all those odd quirks which encompass one's regional identity, including accent. Therefore, accent is in a dialect...

Well, you're right in a sense but also mistaken. We're talking about the sounds of things here, which is purely accent. Were we talking about vocabulary or grammar, you'd be perfectly correct to swoop in and correct. Interestingly, "England" used to be a perfectly acceptable way to refer to...