Discussion Groups / British English / September 2005

Is it true that "score" equals 20?
Pawe³

When referring to a care home in a letter of correspondence, should it be
capitalised?  i.e. 'Care Home'? or not as in 'care home'?
Thanks
steve

 I think this question is a bit different from the others in the
group. I'm a native spanish speaker trying to write a corporate
disclaimer in english. I ask for your advice on any improvements in the
quality of the text that follows:

I watched the movie 'Troy' yesterday and noticed at the very end of the
films that the story was based on Homer's "Iliad".
Weird because in Flemish (and in a number of other languages) the book
is called 'Ilias'.

I have always been good at spelling (but not necessarily typing) and am
more than half a century old. I am convinced that when I was a very
young person 'dilemma' was spelt 'dilemna', the odd 'mn' as in 'autumn'
is what struck me at the time. I was shocked later (it isn't a word ...

Brian Hamilton Kelly used to post to this group from time to time, IIRC.
Sadly, I've learnt from a post on demon.service that he died recently
from Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. This was only recently diagnosed, although
he had been ill for a while.

Must share this - I have (really, really) just received a letter dated th
Sept 2005 from my local council which contains the expression
"
we endeavour to have the matter further envisaged.

What is the proper term for a citizen of any of the British Commonwealth
countries?
Thanks for any help.
Ken

Researching my family history I recently discovered that an ancestor of
mine, first name "John" married in Godalming, Surrey, on 5th December 1596 a
young lady, Elizabeth PLONKER.   (Yes, the jokes are predictable....)
The LDS website shows the PLONKER surname disappearing about ...

I saw on the regional news today that Pride and Prejudice is about to
be premiered. It was described as "Jane Austen's historical
bodice-ripper". I must say I hadn't quite seen it in those terms
before...