13 May
2010
13 May
'10
5:22 a.m.
At 04:15 AM 5/13/2010, Roger Holmes wrote:
To me a number is a number and that was b......t but
the problem is US has a bit too much influence on broadcasting, you only have to look at
the questions on the UK version of 'who wants to be a millionaire' where they
asked what you would do with a 'brown betty' in a fairly low value question.
Another phrase with a British meaning and a USAian meaning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Betty
I have no problem with the many americanisms in my life
but to me numbers are sacrosanct. Just because a single US journalist made a mistake in
the 1930s should not make us all roll over and play dead on a matter of principal.
Principal? Are we talking about money again, or values? There's a principle at
stake!
- John