'carcer' is the word. jail/gaol are just johnny-come-lately. On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 9:43 AM David Riley <fraveyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 18, 2019, at 05:59, ma...@madra.net wrote: > > On Saturday, 18 May 2019 00:44:33 UTC+1, Rob 'Commander' Pike wrote: >> >> jail is a clear improvement over the ludicrous gaol... >> > > I hadn't actually realised that GAOL vs JAIL was a British vs. US English > distinction. I thought 'Gaol' was just an archaic spelling of 'Jail', as > I've only ever come across it in C19th and earlier literature. Even over > this side of the pond, 'Jail' is used pretty exclusively. Although we > mostly call it 'Prison' :-) > > > This is OT for the list, but: I think it’s more the latter (an archaism > rather than a regional distinction; jail is basically universal here > because we started later). > > We do, however, tend to distinguish somewhat between “jail” and “prison”; > the short version is that jail is temporary holding while awaiting trial, > while prison is more permanent punitive containment post-sentencing. I’m > not sure if that distinction exists as much overseas, and in colloquial US > English, saying that someone is “in jail” is often used for both situations > (I, myself, enjoy our more colorful slang such as “in the pokey” or “up the > river”). > > > - Dave > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/A89B99F0-1753-4D8F-81FE-9A6C26A2FDC9%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/A89B99F0-1753-4D8F-81FE-9A6C26A2FDC9%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *Michael T. jonesmichael.jo...@gmail.com <michael.jo...@gmail.com>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CALoEmQyzwnGK9zR_KM6w%2Bs5HtHCwM3f6jkXVkZcCsYSbDnG46w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
