In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the real question is why it is that American publishers believe > their readers are so lazy and ignorant that they require special > "translations" of British books. I don't know anyone who has said "I'm > glad that I read the American edition of [Harry Potter/Discworld/pick > your own example], it was much better than the British edition." Not > even American fans.
Something which irritates me, along with many other British people, is a book written in UK English, but which uses US spelling "for the American market". If people can understand the words, then the slight differences in spelling shouldn't be a problem. -- David Wild using RISC OS on broadband -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
