>> It is a fact, unpalatable to some (or even to many) that
>> spoken UK English is in general migrating towards current
>> spoken NZ (as opposed to Oztralian) English. We, being on
>> the leading edge of the Empire, have unwittingly set the
>> linguistic pace, as it were.

> Is that true?

>> It is a fact, ...

     :-).

> Any idea why that would be?

The experts think they know. I've heard one explaining it 
but the details escape me.

But most of us just find it logical that everyone else would 
come to speak English the way that we do after a greater or 
lesser period. Some will take less time to get it right than 
others.


        Russell
        At the leading edge of the empire.


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