December, 2009
Separated by a common language, guest post by Roy Jacobsen
The first time I ended up on Elaine’s blog, I found myself giggling about her article “A few little words – why straplines matter.” I knew immediately from the context what she was talking about, but for this American reader, straplines are what show up on a woman’s sun-tanned shoulders. So straplines matter here, as well; just not for the same reasons.
England and America are indeed “separated by a common language.”
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Mind your language – setting your Word default to UK English
Making sure the language default in Word, or Pages if you’re a Mac user, is set for UK English isn’t about being patriotic. It’s about writing for your audience. If I were writing for an American audience, I would expect to use American spellings. So if you want to know how to eliminate those ‘z’s and other peculiar spellings.
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