Thread: Raynes Park suicider ended up in the train cab
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Old January 7th 16, 12:15 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Clive D. W. Feather[_2_] Clive D. W. Feather[_2_] is offline
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Default Raynes Park suicider ended up in the train cab
In message , Roland Perry
wrote:
My seat of education predates the USA so neither spells Globalisation
with a Zee nor offers "101" courses as an introduction to the subject
area....
But the good news is you spotted those two USA-isms (which have
travelled to the UK) and know what they mean.

Spelling with a Z isn't a USA-ism, it's the OED's preferred spelling for
most such forms. Spelling them with an S is a Frenchism that crept into
English post-1776.

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