On 3-11-2009 22:02, Stephen wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> On 3-11-2009 19:56, Stephen wrote:
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:25:42 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's kinda like the "6 degrees" game.  You could probably do the same
>>>>>> with music influences to JS Bach. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00nf3kr
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of 
>>>>> composer
>>>>> Henry Purcell.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unavailable after 13:30 GMT. :(
>>>>
>>>> That's a problem, then, just getting to this now. :-(
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Gone! And never called me mother!
>>>
>> How should I parse that?
>>
>> 1) never called me 'mother'!
>> 2) never called me. Mother!
>> 3) never called my mother!
>>
>> And what does it mean?
> 
> The lady’s son died before he knew that she was his mother. (Alcoholic 
> poising IIRC) So number 1 is correct.
> It is from the play of “East Lynne” a sensation novel by Mrs Henry Wood.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lynne

Today I had a recurring discussion about the use of English in science. 
Someone had submitted a manuscript for correction to a native speaker. A 
number of the suggested corrections were good English but incorrect 
scientific/international English. Which reminded me that sometimes at 
conferences I have trouble understanding some Brits that wrongly assume 
that English is the language of the conference and that therefore can 
use any expression that they know. This would be a typical example.

BTW how did Ellen become Henri?

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