On Tuesday 05 September 2006 09:25 am, Michael P. Brininstool wrote: > dictionary.com sez basically that fuse is the thing you light to blow > something up and the fuze is an electronic version of same. > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:08 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: What is the language "British"? > > On Wednesday 30 August 2006 16:57, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: > > > I had to explain to an English teacher the difference between fuse > > > and fuze > > > > What was the distinction that you were trying to make? > > In the dictionary I just checked, the definitions refer to each other > > and pretty much make them synonyms. > > Since I'd never heard of 'fuze' I checked four dictionaries. Three of them > didn't list it. The fourth said that it is a 'US variant spelling of > "fuse"' Never spent much time blowing up things eh ;-) > > Anne
