What is the language "British"?

[Robin Laing]

Charles Curley wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 09:10:46AM -0600, Robin Laing wrote:
> 
>>Charles Curley wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 09:29:27AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I was installing FC-5 yesterday,
>>>>>and I noticed that when asked to choose my language,
>>>>>I was given an extensive list which included "British" but not "English".
>>>>>
> 
> 
>>And to add to this, many British people call it the "Queen's
>>English".
> 
> 
> I would suggest a bugzilla entry to Mr. Murphy. As he appears to be an
> Irishman, I think it would be forgivable if he didn't proposed that as
> an alternate term.
> 

I will have to look into that.

I learned the term Queens English from British Soldiers I was working with.

Just for some fun.

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6174/h--engli.html

:)

-- 
Robin Laing