On Friday 15 June 2007 12:07:32 tech wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > >> I never heard of anyone misunderstanding something > >> because it was in en_US rather than in en_GB. > > en-US vrs en_GB maybe not but British vrs American - Most definitely yes! > Here in Spain we learn British English and teachers gave us sometimes documents written by americans, like letters or articles and it's quite different, especially typical expressions I used to think that the difference is not as big as they told us, but I remember when I went to NY for a week.It was quite frustrating to miss loads of expressions when talking to folks there. But in the end, it's just expressions, I often do not understand people from Argentina or Chile when they speak spanish though :) My 2 cents -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
