What is the language "British"?

[Mike Wright]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Mike Wright wrote:
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>>(Sorry, I was overzealous in cleaning my maildir and can't find the
>>beginning of this thread) but I seem to remember that the OP objected to
>>the use of "British" as opposed to "English".
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>>Granted, this is from an American dictionary but it does show that
>>"British" is an acceptable American usage.
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>> From Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary:
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>>Briticism, n. ...peculiar to British English.
>>British, n.
>>   1. British English
>>   2. the language of the ancient Britons
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> As the OP, my objection was to the use of the word "British"
> as a synonym for "English", in the FC-5 installation.
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> It wasn't used in either of the above senses,
> since there was no other version of English on offer.

Wasn't aware that that was the only English offered.

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> I think it is just wrong, and should be replaced by "English".

Good call.  I concur with you completely.

:m)

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> A German colleague tells me I am right,
> and as we all know Germans know far more about English
> than native English speakers do.
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