But British English and American English use different dictionaries
already, don't they? Lots of words are spelled differently anyway,
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2005/11/20, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Henrik wrote:
>
> > OTOH isn't it common for dictionaries to mark words as vulgar?
>
> Yes, but they also specify them for their _local_ market.   There are
> vulgarisms in British English that are innocuous in American English,
> and vulgarism in American English that are innocuous in British
> English.
>
> And this is before one gets into regional British or American English
> vulgarisms.
>
> xan
>
> jonathon
>

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