Re: British v. American Vocabulary


9 Sep 95 06:14:43 GMT

russotto@wanda.pond.com writes:

>In article <qqenxwtwbd.fsf@tartarus.ucsd.edu>,
>Darin Johnson <djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>}Just a side note re int-fiction. The original Mud-I I believe
>}had a puzzle designed to trip up those damn yanks. The key clue
>}was the word "prise". Americans would think they got the prize,
>}whereas to the Brits (home of all the good original muds), it
>}gave a hint that perhaps an extra action was needed to get full
>}points.

>prise? An archaic form of the word "pry"?

Er... not exactly archaic. More like "in widespread current use, just
not where you happen to be living."

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