What is the language "British"?

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 01:08, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
> On Monday 28 August 2006 01:54 pm, David Boles wrote:
> > Michael Hennebry wrote:
> > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > >> I think the difference between British-English and US-English
> > >> is exaggerated to an absurd degree.
> > >> Ask someone whether the novel they just read
> > >> was published in the UK or the US, and 90% will not have noticed.
> > >> Even the words that are supposed to mark the distinction,
> > >> like lift vs elevator, are used interchangeably in the UK
> > >> (I don't know about the US.)
> > >
> > > I've never heard a USAn refer to a machine as a lift.
> >
> > In construction the machine that runs up and down the side of the
> > building for hosting materials is called a  -  material lift.
> >
> > If is can carry people and materials it is called a  -  man lift.
>
> A freight elevator is sometimes called a lift
>
Then, of course, in a warehouse we have a fork-lift truck

Anne
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