The LBMS - The Unifier of North American English?

Описание: I’ve returned from my fall from the face of the Earth with this nice little video. I hope you find it informative.

Apology Disclaimer:
When I went to bring up one of my videos recently to show to a family friend, an ad played in front of it despite my confirmation after the fact that: 1. I don’t qualify to run ads being too small; 2. I have them turned off because I hate them too much to force them on others; 3. The video hadn’t been copyrighted to have its revenue harvested. If you see an ad on this video, I’m sorry. I know how annoying they are.

Plugs:
Dr. David Bowie’s Bio - https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/...
Dr. David Bowie’s Website - http://www.pmpkn.net/lx/index.html
acollierastro - https://www.youtube.com/@acollierastr...

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