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native and non-native language using style Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:09 am  native and non-native language using style
 

Hi,
I've read this in an English teaching site:

1.
Regional Style: It was still bright outside.
American Style: It was still light outside.

=> The "regional style" here means "Vietnamese English using style" (because this site I'm refering to is a Vietnamese English teaching site)
I just want to know whether the use of "bright" here really sounds odd and unnatural.

2.
Regional Style Would you mind posting this letter for me ? Yes, certainly.
American Style Would you mind mailing this letter for me ? Of course not. OR ( Not at all )
-> Why "mail" but not "post"? I know American people often use "mail", but British people also use "post" and I think both are all right, so I suppose the author of this just mean to distinguish the two ways of responding (natural and unnatural). Do you agree?

Many thanks
Nessie

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native and non-native language using style Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:14 am  native and non-native language using style
 

Quote:
Regional Style: It was still bright outside. = It could be any time of day, and weather was bright.
American Style: It was still light outside. = It was nearing the end of the day.

I guess, by "regional use", they imply that some people use the former to mean the same as the latter. Standard English (here "American style") speakers would use the latter.
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native and non-native language using style Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:20 am  native and non-native language using style
 

Sorry Molly, I read those a long time ago, so suddenly I forgot what "regional style" here means, but then I recollected and edited it.
Anyway, you are so fast in replying, Molly Wink Wink
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native and non-native language using style Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:25 am  native and non-native language using style
 

nessie wrote:
Sorry Molly, I read those a long time ago, so suddenly I forgot what "regional style" here means, but then I recollected and edited it.
Anyway, you are so fast in replying, Molly Wink Wink

Call me Mollyzipp?
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native and non-native language using style Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:34 am  native and non-native language using style
 

"Mollyzipp"? :O:O:O

(I'm not very good at slang)
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native and non-native language using style Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:47 am  native and non-native language using style
 

nessie wrote:
"Mollyzipp"? :O:O:O

(I'm not very good at slang)

Using this meaning of "zip", and adding the extra "p" for effect:

verb: move very fast (Example: "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed")
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native and non-native language using style Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:18 am  native and non-native language using style
 

Thanks a lot, Molly.
Now back to the original questions, could you please explain them for me?
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