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Subject:RE: Us Vs UK English, How Relevant? From:"T. Word Smith" <techwordsmith -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:34:24 -0800 (PST)
Really, do they? Not in my experience (limited, as it
is).
--- Elizabeth O'Shea
>
> Cheque/check is an issue if you're going from US to
> Europe. If people
> who learned 'cheque' see 'check' where they know
> they should see
> 'cheque', they become very confused.
> But
> 'nappy' and 'daipy' (sp?) sound different; 'cheque'
> and 'check' don't.
Diaper. And, this is technical writing, yes? I can see
where one of those two nouns might be unknown on each
side of the pond, but it is still a simple
search-and-replace issue. No need for a British-based
editor to catch that, right? (Bonnet and hood, same
thing. Silencer and muffler, ditto. Yadda yadda, and
so on and so forth. S&R.)
=====
T.
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