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1、Americanvs.BritishEnglishIhadabilingualchildhood,inEnglishandCantonese,andabi-dialecticalone,inAmericanandBritishEnglish.Frankly,mybrotherandIdidn'treallynotice.BridgingthechasmbetweenChineseandEnglishtooksomucheffortthatmywehardlyrealizedwesaid"biscuit,""lift"and"zed"(
2、orthehorribleChinese"e-zed")withourfamily--and"cookie,""elevator"and"zee"witheveryoneelse.ComparedtothehorrorsoflearningCantonese,wefoundthedifferencebetweentrashcan/bin,roommate/flatmatemereniceties.Ididn'tthinkaboutituntilafewyearsagowhenmymothercalledwithanannounceme
3、nt. "I'veaskedyourbrothertoswitchtousingmumwitha'u',"shedeclared."Notmomwithan'o'."Itturnsoutshehadsimplytolerated"mom"ourwholechildhoodaspartofherattempttofitin,inthesamewayshelearnedtocookhamburgersanddressherchildreninstrangecostumesforHalloween.Ithasbeen15yearssince
4、she'sfriedabeefpatty,orconstructedawitch'shatoutofpapiermache,sotherewasnoneedtoholdontoheroldtitleeither.****AftertheU.S.,myparentsandbrothermovedtoAsia/Australia,andIwenttoMontreal,whichhasitsownlinguisticproblems.Herewasacitydividednotonracialorclasslines,butonAnglop
5、hone,FrancophoneandAllophoneones--a placethattriedtoban"apostrophes"onpublicsigns,changingMario'sPizza,forexample,toPizzadeMario.InamovethatwasmoreFrenchthanFrance,Quebecinsistedonstopsignsthatdidnotsay"stop,"but"arret,"completewithcircumflex.Inanenvironmentlikethat,who
6、caredthat"mad"meant"angry"inoneplaceand"crazy"inanother?****IthenstartedworkinginHongKong.HKMagazinewasrunbyAmericans,soIused"color"and"that,"thoughtheoddBritwouldwriteinaskinguswhywespelledthingswrong.TheSouthChinaMorningPostwasBritish-styled,soIswitchedto"colour"and"w
7、hich."IwasneverabigdealuntilIstartedattheInternationalHeraldTribune.IhavegreatrespectfortheIHTandthefactthatitisoneofthefewplacesthatcaresomuchabouttheminutiaeofstyle.Industrypeoplearen'tkiddingwhentheycallittheultimateeditors'paper.ButIhaveneverseen"Britishisms"sorevil
8、ed.IHTeditorsspendmoretimethatyoucouldimaginediscussing,identifyingandextractingthem.Once,Iaskedacolleaguetore
