Discussion Groups / British English / June 2007

I think the British Govt. had every right to confer the knighthood
on Rushdie.  I think he is fully  derserving of the honour conferred
on him.
  I am not a muslim but with things the way they are I feel this was

The s in resource now is pronounced z by most people, but according to
one of my old dictionaries in the 70s, it is pronounced s.
what if I pronounced in the old way? How will others look at me...
Thanks,

Please pass this website to everyone you know and please tell them to do
the same. Many thanks!
http://community-2.webtv.net/FEARLESS-FRANK/FACTSHISTORYAMUST/

I received an e-mail on Friday (22th of June) last week with the follwoing
text:
"Next Monday I will contact you for details"
Does this mean this Monday or Monday one week from now?

Is "often" pronounced with the t sound standard in RP? Can I infer
something about the speaker's backgroud according to that?
Thanks!
Zhegnquan

Time we supported our schools & children?
A sorry tale of where we went wrong, when the world started going
backwards with modern ideas!
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You will often hear that the word "research" is uncountable in the
U.S., but it seems that I find the word "researches" as a countable
noun too. Is this an American vs British English difference? Or does
it vary according to academic discipline? Or does this show some other