: > Incorrect. Again, they are *not* separate languages, but two : > orthographic renditions of the same *written* language. : ... yet there are a few differences in the vocabulary which actually require : entirely different characters - and I don't just mean the traditional and : the simplified version of a particular character. Take e.g. the word for : "bicycle". : But after all, it's AFAIK just a list - not too long - of words which has to : be replaced when doing a conversion, quite regularly.
You mean differences like "lift" vs "elevator", "muesli" vs "granola", "pavement" vs "sidewalk", etc? I do know that US and UK are two countries separated by one language :-)