[mythtv-users] British vs. American English (was MythTV requires a better name)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:20:25AM -0400, Jeff Wormsley wrote:
> Which brings us to sellotape...  I have never heard anyone refer to it 
> here in the southern US, in reference to any brand, as anything but 
> scotch tape.  Then again, we refer to all brands and flavors of soda (or 
> pop, if you prefer) as coke.

Ah yes; one of the Britishisms they couldn't press out of Harry Potter:

Spellotape.

:-)

Cheers,
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