On Monday 28 August 2006 15:25, Michael P. Brininstool wrote:
There is also the story I heard from the mouth of an Aussie that came
to
a computer conference I attended in the US and when he got off the plane
in San Francisco, he asked "Where can I go to suck down a fag!" The
male flight attendant just grinned, at which point the Aussie realized
his mistake! There is definitely a difference in the languages. Was it
Winston Churchill that said, "The US and UK are two countries separated
by a common language"? And yes, I know that Brits and Aussies are not
that same thing (theoretically).
Winston was right you know..
I'magin' I am fixin' to get dissed! ;-)
Quite possibly. :)
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Subject: Re: What is the language "British"?
At 09:29 AM 28/08/2006, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>I was installing FC-5 yesterday,
>>and I noticed that when asked to choose my language, I was given an
>>extensive list which included "British" but not "English".
>>
>>I never heard this language described as "British" before.
>
>To the ignorant masses, myself included, British and English are
synonymous.
>Perhaps you can clarify it?
>
>Bob Goodwin
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Not quite the same
British English uses Colour while American
English uses Color and a number of similar spelling so not
quite synonymous.
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