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? They are not the same in the context of language. "English" is a language while (whilst) "British-English" is regional. In "British-English" defense is written "defence".