On 8/28/06, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the difference between British-English and US-English is exaggerated to an absurd degree. Ask someone whether the novel they just read was published in the UK or the US, and 90% will not have noticed.
I disagree. As a Brit living in the USA for several years it is still painfully obvious to me when the natives "get it wrong". Most of the different spellings stick out like a sore thumb when I read them, and the same goes for my American colleagues when they see my spelling. Where I would agree with you is with films, but there I have come to the conclusion that the dialog is written in a largely British/American-agnostic fashion. The same goes for some, but not all, TV shows. Watch some American news channels and you'll soon whince at "burglarized" but I'd never heard that term in a film (either in the UK or here).
