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Subject:Re: US versus 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 14:08:46 -0800 (PST)
I'm missing the point--and remain unconvinced.
Why cannot such things be taken care of by a find and
replace by a U.S. editor? Why require a British
editor? (For technical writing.)
The earthed/grounded and carburetor/carburettor items
seem no different to me than the other things that
have been noted.
--- lyndsey -dot- amott -at- docsymmetry -dot- com wrote:
> T. Word Smith writes:
> > So, with English *and* technical writing in mind,
> can
> > someone point me to an example where a U.S. editor
> > would fail?
>
> The only thing I can think of is grounded/earthed.
> Oh, and maybe
> carburetor/carburettor. But once the U.S. editor
> learns these and any other
> differences, they are learned forever.
=====
T.
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