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

Has anyone developed an American English to British (or Great British or European British or what have you) English translator? I am at times confused as to the usage of some uncommon (to me) words. This conversation was spurred on by the reading of the thread on British English - the sequel.

Wat words?

Is "wat" English or Emglish

Try this: http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/britishcanadianamericanvocab.html

Wat is english.Well it is when youve lost the h key off your keyboard

Doesn't look like you have...

So what words are you having trouble with?

O everyting tat most perons would like to type tat as te letter tat i dont ave

Was it wrong that the previous post sounded Irish in my head?

Yep.Try saying it out loud

There was, very early on at h2g2, a very comprehensive glossary of British/American terms and phrases that commonly caused confusion for h2g2's world wide webbing of researchers.

Enthusiasm for it declined somewhat when Canuck and Aussie researchers began posting to it and taking the piss for their exclusion.

I can't immediately find it but do recall it was somewhere off the 'help' section. Perhaps a general h2g2 'search' would locate it again and/or someone may be able to post the A-number here.


~jwf~