[Wikipedia-l] re English English, Ausir's take

[Ros’ Haruo]

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

On 9/24/05, Ros' Haruo <rosharuo at 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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