Valid point! Actually I like some rap (Plan B for example and Sway) when it's making some intelligent point but not the stuff about "bitches" and "hos" (does that have an "e" in it, by the way?). The point I was trying to make (diplomatically!) is that using "innit" in England is like calling your girlfriend your "baby-mama".
Thanks for that Ceridwen. I have a book somewhere on my shelves by lovely Bill Bryson about the changes of language from Britain to America (and vice versa) and must try to find it. "Innit" with a "t" has now become associated here in England with rap culture, for want of a better term.
Um, I would never suggest anyone use the expression "innit" unless they are wearing expensive trainers, low-rise loose jogging pants/jeans, matching sweatshirt and a baseball cap worn with the peak to the side - get my drift?
Also "argument" does not have an "e" in it in the UK any more than in the US!
One word I've been reminded of (by a newish TV commercial here in the UK) is "aluminium" (please note the pronunciation: AL-YEW-MIN-EE-UM). The joke in the TV ad is that the American pronounces it "AL-OO-MIN-UM" of course while the British guy pronounces it using the second "i".
As stated above, the noun "licence" (Br.) is "license" in America but we have the word "license" as a verb - the "s" shows that it's a verb rather than a noun (as in "licensed to kill") and the same goes for "practice" (noun) and "practise" (verb).
For some time I believed that David Garland Jones was playing "Juan Sheet" on the Plenty TV commercialsand you can see why....! 
I know a cat that can travel faster than light, into the house when it's wet outside.
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You can get it via the link Ceri has provided. It's the same speech.
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I've been following Cornish Republic on Twitter for a couple of weeks and, today, they provided a link to the speech written by Peter Beresford Ellis for the 50th anniversary of the Celtic League. It's an interesting and illuminating speech, and I'm sorry to say that Gwynfor Evans doesn't seem come out of it very well!
Ellis examines the progress made by the various Celtic nations since the foundation of the League in 1961 and concludes that while there have been improvements, there is an enormous amount to be done. Strangely, there has been something of a backlash against the notion of Celtic peoples and culture; this might indicate that we are now successfully beginning to make our mark and non-Celts are simply getting a bit nervous!!
There are even people who claim that Celts are a myth. The fact that Julius Caesar spoke about them doesn't seem to cut any ice with the disbelievers.
I hope this link will work, if anyone would like to read the speech in full:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message3764
If you look at smashwords.com, it's a very user-friendly site and answers all the questions. I'm not making any money from the Kindle version as far as I can see! Sales have been by word of mouth.
Just saying that my chief objection to Downton is the anachronistic language. It got to the point where I wouldn't have been surprised to hear the valet say to Lord Thingy "Wassup?" (a bit like Armstrong & Miller's RAF sketches). If I'm honest, the whole thing started to get on my nerves. I don't mind the original Upstairs Downstairs but I'm not really interested in the new one. Besides, it's on at the same time as Homeland which has just started here on Channel 4.
