[bksvol-discuss] Re: designating language of a book
- From: "Sue Stevens" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:55:17 -0500
A lot of the spelling of words is different. I met a man from England who got
a job in the US, and he talked about having to get used to our spellings on his
computer.
Sue S.
From: Valerie Maples
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:13 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: designating language of a book
While they are "kissing cousins", there are strong vocabulary and grammar
differences, enough, IMHO, to warrant a different label. Again, my preference
would be that default be set to all languages instead of American English
only...
Valerie
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From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, April 3, 2012 8:42:03 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: designating language of a book
I don't like the fact that British and American English are treated as
different languages, but there are differences nevertheless. In the interest of
truth in advertizing I think the difference should be indicated. I also think
it might not be a bad idea to just lump British and American English together
as English, but as long as they are labeled differently I wouldn't want a book
in British English falsely represented as in American English.
On 4/3/2012 3:38 AM, Cindy wrote:
Are we to continue to indicate when a book's English is UK or, since some
books so indicated don't get found when searched for (unless a person remembers
to change the language in the search to Any), or should we just designate it as
U.S., which seems to be the default
Cindy
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