Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman wrote [snip] >Conversely, there are British expressions which will confuse many > Americans; e.g. I am now going to have a fag, and the time is > almost half seven... Well if you *really* want to confuse, try telling people you're 'cream crackered' or suffering from 'farmers' :-) But you're correct, the US and UK are still "two countries separated by a common language". I write a monthly column for a US publication, and while Word will cheerfully switch to US English to 'correct' my spelling, I still have to struggle to translate my thoughts sometimes.