Library vocabulary

Paul B. Gallagher paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM
Tue Jan 22 13:15:41 UTC 2008


John Langran wrote:

> I'm not sure about American English, but in English English we are 
> British, unpleasantly referred to as Brits. ...

Fascinating. I had no idea the British disliked the term "Brits" (or is 
that just your personal taste?). I've seen it thousands of times in 
British publications and never gave it a moment's thought.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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