What is the language "British"?

[alan]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, rengland at europa.com wrote:

>> On Monday 28 August 2006 19:20, alan wrote:
>>> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, 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".
>>>>
>>>> I never heard this language described as "British" before.
>>>
>>> What is defined as "English" now should be defined as "American".
>>>
>>> The reason there is a difference is due to spelling.  (And the English
>>> have bigger pints.)
>>>
>> and gallons.
>>
>> <Looking over shoulder>  I thought it was always the Yanks that have
>> 'bigger'...
>>
>
>
> Usually only the "Texans",....but then in the states we've begun to draw
> away from Texans....but not nearly fast enough.

I was thinking of "Imperial Pints" as opposed to what they pass off to 
Americans as pints.

And try to get them to serve cider.

Mmmmm...  Blackthorne!

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