Mike Wright wrote: > (Sorry, I was overzealous in cleaning my maildir and can't find the > beginning of this thread) but I seem to remember that the OP objected to > the use of "British" as opposed to "English". > > Granted, this is from an American dictionary but it does show that > "British" is an acceptable American usage. > > From Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary: > > Briticism, n. ...peculiar to British English. > British, n. > 1. British English > 2. the language of the ancient Britons As the OP, my objection was to the use of the word "British" as a synonym for "English", in the FC-5 installation. It wasn't used in either of the above senses, since there was no other version of English on offer. I think it is just wrong, and should be replaced by "English". A German colleague tells me I am right, and as we all know Germans know far more about English than native English speakers do. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
