Interesting distinction. In the U.S. there is a slippery slope between the two -- and that's to say nothing of what can be considered a criminal offense. Strictly speaking, by etymology, the UK definition is more correct.
This is greatly off-topic, but the slow divergence of American and British English is a real phenomenon. Bill Bryson, in his fun and erudite popular book, "English: The Mother Tongue," pointed out that some experts expect that American and British English could become very distinct dialects, if not different languages, down the (very long) road. Of course, with the spread of the Internet and the increasing dominance of English as a world language, I find this implausible. Still, the changes in vocabularly (your bum is not our bum) and usage are real. Phil Leigh;165058 Wrote: > OK - Difference between UK and US Law! > > UK: Slander = spoken/oral defamation, libel = written/published > defamation. Both are notoriously difficult to prosecute, but slander is > doubly so because it relies on witnesses who heard the slander, whereas > libel will have some material evidence such as a newspaper article, > email... > > PS I am not a lawyer, but I am familiar with the laws as they apply in > the UK to the abuse of electronic media - that's a small part of my > job. -- lafayette Sweet Home Alabama ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lafayette's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30882 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
