I am not quite awake, so I forgot to change the subject line. Sorry...

On 9/24/05, Ros' Haruo rosharuo@gmail.com wrote:

Ausir wrote:

Well, I would say that if a word exists that is understandable on both sides of the Ocean, even if used not as often as other forms, it should be preferred. Other than that, however, I see nothing wrong with using either British, American, Canadian, Australian in any article.

I think that is a good solution, so long as the word chosen actually means the same thing on both sides of the Ocean. "Hood" is a part of a motorcar on both sides of the River, but not the same part. (Or at least this was true thirty years ago when I was becoming aware of such distinctions.) Haruo

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