Re: Career questions: databases

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:18:03 -0700
Message-ID: <1183414681.949619_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com>


Neil wrote:

>> "Different to" is the British usage and has been since before 
>> Shakespeare's time.  If you check _Chambers Dictionary_ (1998), you'll 
>> find the following usage for the word "different":  with _from_, also with 
>> _to_ and (_esp US_) _than_.  If you check _Merriam-Webster's Collegiate 
>> Dictionary_ (11th Edition), a common U.S. dictionary, only "different 
>> from" and "different than" are mentioned in the usage section of the entry 
>> for the word "different."
>>

>
> Two points.
>
> One, we're not living in Shakespeare's day anymore, so get over it.
>
> And two, Brits don't know nothing. If they did, then they wouldn't have lost
> their world empire, and wouldn't have needed us to bail them out in WWII.
>
> So, since, if it weren't for us, you'd be speaking German anyway, I suggest
> you learn proper American English, and learn how to talk good. That's what I
> say!
>
> Neil
>
>
-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Tue Jul 03 2007 - 00:18:03 CEST

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