Guinness isn't good for me (off topic)

[Bob Haas]

Ohhhh.  Thanks, Lynne.

bob

> From: Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 19:48:48 +0100
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Guinness isn't good for me (off topic)
>
> To quote Fowler's (3rd ed.):
>
> enquire, enquiry, in-
> "...At present, the _in-_ forms are dominant for all senses in AmE,
> whereas in BrE the _en-_ forms now tend to be restricted to the
> general sense 'ask a question' (_to enquire after her health_) and
> _inquire_, and esp. the noun _inquiry_ are used in contexts of formal
> investigations (_an inquiry agent, a police inquiry...)..."