On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 09:10:46AM -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > Charles Curley wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 09:29:27AM -0400, 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". > >>> > > And to add to this, many British people call it the "Queen's > English". I would suggest a bugzilla entry to Mr. Murphy. As he appears to be an Irishman, I think it would be forgivable if he didn't proposed that as an alternate term. > > There are allot of terms that can cause embarrassment for those from > across the pond coming to North America. > > Rubber in England is an eraser. Think of asking a girl in a bar for a > rubber. > > Fag is a cigarette. Could be a quick way for a punch in the face. > > There are others but best left off the list. :) Underground. Subway. For more, see H.L. Mencken's The American Language, a delight for logophiles. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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