Electron wrote:
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> I second that. Unfortunately the (mis)use of "it's" in place of "its", of "you're"
> in place of "your" is very common in the U.S.A., I've encountered such horrors even
> in official documents. :P (as You can see, the subject I used is "provocative" by will)
>
>   
Common I'm afraid in Ireland and UK too.
In fact mysteriously many shop adverts have possessive apostrophes  on  
all  plurals. This is nothing to  do  with Hiberno English in Ireland.
The UK part of Ireland, Northern Ireland (often called The North) is 
often called Ulster, though in fact 3 of the 9 counties are in Ireland 
(Proper name for misnamed Republic of Ireland) and one Irish county of 
Ulster is further north than Northern Ireland (the name of the 6 
counties in the U.K.).
West of Bann, East  of the  Bann, The Glens  and  Belfast  are main  
linguistic areas in N.I.

In Ireland (commonly and incorrectly Republic of) there are considerable 
variation between  North West,  South  West,  Mid West,  West,  South, 
Midlands,  East, South  East and  Dublin.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno_English

People here  that have not  lived in U.K. Mainland  (Almost same  thing 
as  Great Britain) don't generally realise how different a language  we 
speak. It's more to do with Grammar than the USA/UK variations of  
leaving out the Article, doubled "L"s, "u"s and slightly different 
vocabulary.  My East European friend speaks clearer English with 
"better" Grammar than most locals.




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