Re: CRAP Poll: My Mouse Is...

On 6/1/2024 1:23 AM, JAB wrote:

On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:

JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
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On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:

Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.

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I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.

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Canada usually follows British rules though.
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 Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that in terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but for actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more in common with what's used in the US.
 

Re: "why".  Possibly because the US is the 800 pound gorilla sitting right next to Canada?  ;)
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