There is also the story I heard from the mouth of an Aussie that came to a computer conference I attended in the US and when he got off the plane in San Francisco, he asked "Where can I go to suck down a fag!" The male flight attendant just grinned, at which point the Aussie realized his mistake! There is definitely a difference in the languages. Was it Winston Churchill that said, "The US and UK are two countries separated by a common language"? And yes, I know that Brits and Aussies are not that same thing (theoretically). I'magin' I am fixin' to get dissed! ;-) -- Michael P Brininstool -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Derek C Hopkins Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:58 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases; tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What is the language "British"? At 09:29 AM 28/08/2006, 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? > >Bob Goodwin > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Not quite the same British English uses Colour while American English uses Color and a number of similar spelling so not quite synonymous. Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail derek.hopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
