marknorton Posted February 7, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted February 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) New enhancement on the Leica web-site. Select English and you can choose between "US English" and "British English". So if it's "colour" for you, not "color" and you're looking for a safe harbor (or should that be harbour?), your needs are now catered for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 Hi marknorton, Take a look here Two Nations deivided by a Common Language. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
chrism Posted February 7, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted February 7, 2007 Very near to my home is a huge private golf course and gated community built by the millionaire founder of Tim Horton's (the Canadian donut/doughnut chain). The area it now covers used to be known as Fox Harbour, but so as not to confuse his American clients and yet attempting to avoid selling out his Canadian/British spelling heritage, the resort has been named Fox Harb'r. Needless to say, intellectual respectability isn't a requirement when it comes to making a fortune from doughnuts! Â Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Campbell Posted February 7, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted February 7, 2007 A real service oriented organization! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 7, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted February 7, 2007 LOL any English is better than mine. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted February 7, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted February 7, 2007 Jolly good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhsimmonds Posted February 7, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted February 7, 2007 What Ho! Time to come out of the closet..........or should that be cupboard? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmr Posted February 7, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted February 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hmmmm maybe it have said "American" and "English" Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted February 7, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted February 7, 2007 its culla Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrc Posted February 7, 2007 Share #9  Posted February 7, 2007 Wombat  Jc Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted February 7, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted February 7, 2007 calling someone a wombat is to demean them.... nice person you are... though it is water off a duck's back as far as I am concerned... just pointing it out, have a nice life John Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share #11  Posted February 7, 2007 calling someone a wombat is to demean them.... nice person you are... though it is water off a duck's back as far as I am concerned... just pointing it out, have a nice life John  Whoops, I only started this thread because I thought it amusing Leica had seen the need to differentiate between the two, I didn't expect it to turn all nasty. Let's forget it and delete the thread! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSee Posted February 7, 2007 Share #12  Posted February 7, 2007 Very near to my home is a huge private golf course and gated community built by the millionaire founder of Tim Horton's (the Canadian donut/doughnut chain). The area it now covers used to be known as Fox Harbour, but so as not to confuse his American clients and yet attempting to avoid selling out his Canadian/British spelling heritage, the resort has been named Fox Harb'r. Needless to say, intellectual respectability isn't a requirement when it comes to making a fortune from doughnuts! Chris Isn't that "Tim Hortons", for those whose lang has no " 's "? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 7, 2007 Share #13  Posted February 7, 2007 It's a animal according to Wilkepedia  Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (3 feet) in length and with a very short tail. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly crepuscular and nocturnal, wombats will also venture out to feed on cool or overcast days. They are not as easily seen as many animals, but leave ample evidence of their passage, treating fences as a minor inconvenience to be gone through or under and leaving distinctive cubic scats. Wombats are herbivores, their diet consisting mostly of grasses, sedges, herbs, bark and roots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magyarman Posted February 7, 2007 Share #14 Â Posted February 7, 2007 LOL any English is better than mine. LOL Â I will happy to trade my with your Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 7, 2007 Share #15 Â Posted February 7, 2007 Blasko not a chance:D :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur5 Posted February 7, 2007 Share #16  Posted February 7, 2007 I remember now an old joke I heard somewhere about English and "American" languages. Besides the entrance of a fashionable restaurant in Italy, there's a nice poster where it's written :  Si parla Italiano We speak English On parle Français. We understand American.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 7, 2007 Share #17 Â Posted February 7, 2007 I feel more malicious than You: maybe people at Solms have in plan someday to RESERVE some better gear, or some better prices, or some special offer to US customers only...You American Bastards oh oh oh.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 7, 2007 Share #18 Â Posted February 7, 2007 Well we do have a certain lingo that is not understood across the pond. Â Actually I love talking to folks from the UK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted February 7, 2007 Share #19 Â Posted February 7, 2007 The 'mercans are already getting a better deal than us: for every new lens bought, 2 free codings! I would love this deal here, and I know exactly how I would spend it: 35/2 Cron and 75 Lux coding. Then I would still have 2 left, and would probably look for a 90/4 Macro second-hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted February 7, 2007 Share #20 Â Posted February 7, 2007 ... no worries others would hate it and that is the type of reaction one would get, Mick would have you thrown to the wild dogs.....happens with languages... see Guy's description and you will know why still have a nice day Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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