h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Just came across another one:
(UK) fulfil
(US) fulfill

that's probably from my entry Bels is subediting.

Nope! And stunning and brilliant though it is, I haven't looked at your entry at all today.

its just that fulfill is one that I find myself tugged both ways on and I know I've debated it reecently. I bet you'll find a "fulfil" in there.

You all have certainly been busy since my going to sleep. Okay

Gnomon- It kind of worried me that it would look that way, and that's why I begged for English (Or Canadian) help earlier on. It SHOULD probably be in writing workshop, but you get no response there. I apologize.

I know about the license-lisence thing, as well as the practice thing, (I wrote an entry on License plates, and everyone in the UK made a notable distraction of their spelling)

I only wanted to cover this subject a little. The title itself says a brief review... had I wanted it complete, I probably would have said "A Complete Review..."

hey, Jodan:

I'm just curious. Do you make a distinction between principle and principal? I'm not meaning to load you down with research or anything. I'm really just asking out of curiousity.

anhaga

that just made me think of capital and Capitol. Do the British have both?

principal is the head of a school, for example, and a principle is an ideal or belief. And I don't feel like explaining capital and capitol, though Americans do frequently screw them up

Re: Capital/Capitol - The English, with the stout legs and loose handcuffs, only use Capital.
Oberon2001

interesting

my impression is that Capitol is always capitalized (capitolized?) and refers to the building in which Congress sits (and maybe some of the state legislatures sit in their own Capitols, but I don't know). I wasn't sure if there was any use of Capitol in Britain. Apparently now I can be sure.

"stout legs and loose handcuffs"?

by the way, I saw a picture of Canadian parliament Bldg or some sort of important government bldg, anyway it showed a little bit of the parking lot right next to the main entrance, where, logically all of the good spots would be reserved and logically, the most important people. Right next to the door, in logically the best parking space was the worst car I had ever seen in my life. It had wood paneling, it was beaten up, someone has to get your prime minister a loan!

but chya see, in Canada elected officials do it for the love of their country, not for the money (they hope to get time off for good behavior). The Premier (that's the head guy) of Alberta (that's a province) get's $100,000 a year for a car and he drives an old PT cruiser(he doesn't get to keep the change).

i know what Alberta is

In America, the president only gets 200,000 Dollars (That's American dollars) a year

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Yeah, but look at the house (and plane) he gets! That's a nice White House! (have I ever mentioned why they had to paint it white?)

I know you know what Alberta is. I'm just kidden' around, eh?

eh.

why did they paint it white? Clinton's paint was a little too gray (It's a dirty joke)

I must have mentioned somewhere why they had to paint it white. It's because the Canadians burned most of it down during the War of 1812. Do you guys commemorate the Battle of Lundy's Lane? That's where we stopped the American advance (about twenty miles) into Canada. (How far is Washington from the Canada-U.S. border?)

I'm just joking around; we're friends now (even if your President forgets to mention us when he's thanking everybody for their help after September 11.)

So... why did they paint it white? You didn't give a reason why it's white. No, we don't commerate Lundy's Lane, washington is about 300 miles from Canada, but it's just a guess

because what was left was smoke-blackened. We don't commemorate Lundy's Lane either. I know how far Washington is, I was just teasing (we got far enough to burn the not-yet-White House; you got as far as Lundy's Lane) It's a pitiful laugh, but look what our Prime Minister drives.