Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Very interesting. And rather sad that editors think the > > > average Amermican reader too dim-witted to figure out > > > (in context, even) that a "car park" is a "parking lot" > > > and a "dustbin" is a "trash can." > > > ... > The real reason is that it was an expensively promoted > book. Customizing it for an American audience was a way to > suck money out of that flow into the pockets of the > American publisher. In order to justify that expense, they > have to have something to show for their efforts.
I wouldn't have figured out that a "car park" was a parking lot. I might have thought it was a park where you go to look at scenery from inside your car. Sort of a cross between a normal park and a drive-in movie. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
