Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> "Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1gsdt8v.1pbts541t8p07pN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com...
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>>Ryan Ginstrom <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>I recently did a translation, and had it come back with all instances of
>>>"-ize" changed to "-ise." I called up the client and asked what was up,
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> and
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>>>they told me that since the poster was for a conference in France, they
>>>wanted it in British English, so could I please change it to British
>>>English? I said sure, why not? So as an added bonus I changed all
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> instances
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>>>of "color" to "colour."
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>>Hehehehe.... Did you also check that long numbers had "and" in them?
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> No, but I randomly inserted "spanner" and "lorry" into the text.

Spanner is English? What is American for "spanner"?