On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 04:57, Paul Johnson wrote: > I made the assumption because 1) It's reflexive to assume people are > in the same country as you, even when it's false, 2) my spanish sucks > and when I saw "red" I assumed spanglish mode. Actually, this is more true of americans than of people from any other country. I am in the uk and realise that the majority of this list are american. Actually, I expect majority of the people I meet on the net to be american. Possible either because they are or the ones I meet from the states give out the impression that the majority of the people on the net are american. Please also note that a majority of resources and websites are america based even though the internet is technically global. Just as an example, try putting in the british spelling "colour" into google and you get ~7 million hits. Now try with the american spelling "color" and you get ~43 million hits. Therefore, it is not because that you are from america that you think that everyone else, its because the net (rightly or wrongly) gives out the impression that the majority of people on the net are americans. Just my £0.02. Please do not flame me. Shri -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shri Shrikumar U R Byte Solutions I.T. Consultant Edinburgh, Scotland Tel: 0845 644 4745 Email: shri@urbyte.com Web: www.urbyte.com
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