[bksvol-discuss] Re: Rise And Fall Of The 3rd Reich

  • From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:17:31 -0600

No, it appears Shirer was American--at least according to the Columbia 
Encyclopedia.  G.


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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

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