On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:19:42 +0000 (UTC) Andrew Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
AB> Reg Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:43154C99.7030809 AB> @dnainternet.net: AB> AB> > Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to AB> > work in US English! AB> > AB> AB> Colo(u)r me stupid, but does it matter what dialect the thesaurus is in? I AB> can see that it makes an important difference with dictionaries. But the AB> word meanings really aren't that far apart except in slang, and that won't AB> be covered by a thesaurus anyway. AB> To take one (potentially embarassing) example: UK: solicitor = lawyer US: solicitor = prostitute or door-to-door salesman James -- +------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+ | James Tappin | School of Physics & Astronomy | O__ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of Birmingham | -- \/` | | Ph: 0121-414-6462. Fax: 0121-414-3722 | | +--------------------------------------------------------+---------+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
