book -- Britishism?

[Joel S. Berson]

I was, of course, only being snarky.  I have:

make or schedule an appointment (with the doctor) -- but not book or reserve
reserve a table (at the restaurant) -- but not make, schedule, or book
schedule or book a business meeting -- but not make or reserve
      and even
book or reserve a tennis court -- but not make or schedule

Isn't English wonderful?  Especially for ESL students.

Joel

At 10/8/2012 10:26 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> > That "book" is used at the particular university and for the
> > particular games cited by Wilson and Arnold just proves it *is* a
> > snotty Britishism.
>
>QED. :-)
>
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