No, it appears Shirer was American--at least according to the Columbia Encyclopedia. G. Guido Dante Corona IBM Research, Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) Austin Tx. Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise." [David Poyer, The Command] talmage@xxxxxxxxxx Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/14/2008 08:06 AM Please respond to bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: Rise And Fall Of The 3rd Reich Guido, Wasn't the author British? If he was, this would probably go a long way towards explaining the difference in usage as well. Dave At 08:53 AM 1/14/2008, you wrote: >Hi Anne, I did not realize there has been such a significant >language drift since the late 50s--which is when the book was >written. . . very amusing indeed! G. > > >Guido Dante Corona >IBM Research, >Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) >Austin Tx. >Phone: 512. 838. 9735. >Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx >Web: <http://www.ibm.com/able>http://www.ibm.com/able To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.