Re: What is the language "British"?

["Grumpy_Penguin" <grumpypenguin qwest net>]

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> 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
Short people have Lifts in their shoes
>
> Anne