Why the delay?
Can I ask if anyone knows why Jen. Gov. is taking so long to come out in Britain? It's not as if it needs to be translated...
imported_Sentient Peoples
27-06-2003, 19:59
America to Britain? Yes. Yes it does.
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America to Britain? Yes. Yes it does.
.And you work that out because...
imported_Sentient Peoples
27-06-2003, 20:18
Cause, I mean, they speak British over there. And we speak American over here, so of course it must be translated.
What part about that don't you get?
Erm... it's American-English as I remember, the only important difference being that some 'u's are left out.
Cause, I mean, they speak British over there. And we speak American over here, so of course it must be translated.
What part about that don't you get?Well, you can understand me, I can understand you, so...
The Most Glorious Hack
02-07-2003, 12:37
I think that was a bit of a joke...
But it does take time to add all those "u"s and to switch the "er"s to "re"s. :wink:
[violet]
03-07-2003, 07:28
It was delayed on legal advice: the British publisher wanted to see if the American publisher got sued first. (The book uses real corporate names.)