Re: Guardian 23000

Simon Montagu wrote:
> 
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> 
> > The point is more that you (Brits) are writing as though yours is the
> > only version of the language (oh, plus the Scots words that are in
> > Chambers) that amounts to anything.
> 
> No, but it tends to be the version of the language most relevant to
> crosswords published in British newspapers.

Not all, in fact not most, crosswords are published in British
newspapers.

> I am curious: do you address people from other nations and ethnic groups
> by offensive abbreviations, or only the British?

If you're "offended" by "Brit," then I trust you've written many, many
letters to, e.g., the BBC.

Regulars at this very newsgroup have complained about references to them
as "English," and there isn't any adjective at all for "UK."
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Peter T. Daniels                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]