Thread: Is Britain Now Part of America ?
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Old 26-06-2007, 15:59   #12
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Re: Is Britain Now Part of America ?
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Originally Posted by Xaccers View Post
International story, using international currency units.
Airbus probably released the figures in dollars, and this is what was being quoted.
your probably right there but it's just lazy that it can't be converted into the currency that the readers of the paper actually use.

I obviously don't read any US papers but I get the feeling that if a British company released a press release with pounds in it they would take the trouble to convert it into a US amount for their readers.

That's what I was talking about with Harry Potter books. i read alot of Stephen King and US crime books but the spelling is still in realised, color etc etc even though the back cover has been changed to show a UK price on it the text in the book is still in US format. I was just wondering if you got a copy of a British book in America if it woud still have British spellings or would it be converted in US ?
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