Why can't the English ...... learn to speak


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Posted by John Wilson on October 19, 2003 at 01:00:50 from 202.154.130.192 user hugo.

In Reply to: One of the Guilty Men! (was Blackett English) posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on October 18, 2003 at 11:50:03:

In My Fair Lady, Professor Henry Higgins sings:

“Why can’t the English ..... learn to speak”

with comments on class and regional (including American) accents from George Bernard Shaw via Alan Jay Lerner.



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