RE: What is the language "British"?

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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!  ;-)

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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
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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

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