What is the language "British"?

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 31 August 2006 13:18, James Wilkinson wrote:
> Chris Mohler wrote:
> > How about "connexion"?  That valid o'er the pond?
>
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > No, that would be 'connection'.
>
> Personally, I'd call "connexion" "historical usage", but valid (e.g.
> "the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion"). I'd lump it together with
> "shew", which seems to have been a valid alternative until the twentieth
> century.
>
You're probably right there, James.  I believe that it was common in the 18th 
century - I don't know how much longer.  Again, this supports the theory that 
many US spellings are historically linked with English of the earlier 
centuries.

Anne
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