RE: UK Conventions

Subject: RE: UK Conventions
From: "Linda Cast" <lcast -at- planview -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:19:17 -0500




Roberto in Toronto wrote:


The Economist style guide - very good run-through of British usage -
check out the Americanisms section and the online quiz!
http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/ - I highly recommend the
book, too.

The article on this site is warm and amusing, though I couldn't always tell which was intended as the American word and which UK. What I long to know is, what's the origin of the sound of the final "A" on many words that stretches to reach a breathy "AR" sound (as in Cynthiahr)?

Linda



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