Divided by a common language
Oct. 13th, 2005 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indriFor some reason, a discussion at work as to whether the word "whence" should ever be used in technical documents led me to this: Wikipedia's take on differences between US and UK English.
As a product of both educational systems, I have to say the article cleared up a few things for me, like why I'm never sure whether to put punctuation inside or outside a quotation mark. And no wonder that I get terribly confused about "inside" and "outside" lanes.
Mind you, I'm well aware that I often use my schooling as a get-out-of-jail-free card (gaol?). "Oh, I'm sure that's correct usage in one of the places I've lived." Cobblers.
ETA: Excellent essay by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
romanyg here on Spike and Angel.
As a product of both educational systems, I have to say the article cleared up a few things for me, like why I'm never sure whether to put punctuation inside or outside a quotation mark. And no wonder that I get terribly confused about "inside" and "outside" lanes.
Mind you, I'm well aware that I often use my schooling as a get-out-of-jail-free card (gaol?). "Oh, I'm sure that's correct usage in one of the places I've lived." Cobblers.
ETA: Excellent essay by
romanyg here on Spike and Angel.
