This wrap is a bomb. (differences in media language between UK and US)
From: Communication World
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Date: 12/1/1997
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Author: Weiner, Richard
American media and communication people and their British counterparts may not always understand each other even though they both speak the English language. Although they have a common language, the Americans and the British spell and pronounce many words differently. For instance, the former write 'catalog' and pronounce the word 'schedule' as 'sked-yule,' while the latter write 'catalogue' and say 'shed-yule.' They also have different terms and expressions to describe the same thing. For ...
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