On 8/28/06, Grumpy_Penguin <grumpypenguin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Monday 28 August 2006 10:56 am, Robin Laing wrote: > Guillermo Garron wrote: > > On 8/28/06, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> David Fletcher wrote: > >> > On Monday 28 August 2006 15:02, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> >> 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". > >> > > >> > I think you've got it the wrong way around. "Defence" is the correct > >> > >> spelling. > >> > >> Both are correct. > >> > >> > In the American regional variation "defence" is written "defense". > >> > >> It's not > > > > When you all say American, you mean US and Canada or only US, as lot > > of US guys "think" that America is from Canada to Mexico (including > > alaska, Hawaii and others), while actually America is from Alaska to > > Tierra del fuego in Argentina. > > This is one of my pet peeves and a way to dig at those from the US. I > live in Canada so when someone says American, I say that I am one as > well. The US citizens usually mean just themselves. Down here [Arizona] we call Canadians ..Snowbirds
Really down here [Bolivia] we call Canadians ... Canadians, and US citizens, gringos :) ... (staying in the funny side of the discussion)
