Re: draft or draught?

Posted by Mike Fleming <mike-at-tauzero.co.uk> on 30 September 2011 | 0 Comments

Gordon Brown <gordon@ixion.org.uk> said:

> What's wrong with Brit? My Mum cringes at it, but I can't see the
> problem as an informal term for someone from the United Kingdom of Great
> Britain and Northern Ireland [1].

It's going to be abbreviated, and I'd far rather it were abbreviated
in the British fashion by using the first bit than the American
fashion which uses the last bit (I hate references to "rents",
"burbs", "hoods", and "zines").

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