License question

[Alan Milewczyk]

On 02/09/16 15:01, Chris Marriott wrote:
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>
> -----Original Message----- From: John Bingham
> Sent: Friday, September 2, 2016 2:18 PM
> To: artisticforge .
> Cc: get_iplayer
> Subject: Re: License question
>
>> I read the original post: "Beeb is asking if I have a license now, 
>> sigh".
>>
>> My first thought was that this prevented GiP, and hence my script, 
>> from working, so I checked it out (on Linux) and didn't find a problem.
>>
>> I thus deduced that the concern was probably from someone who didn't 
>> have a license.  Of course, I don't know this to be true and 
>> apologise if my assumption was incorrect.
>
> The fact that the original poster used the American English spelling 
> "license", rather than the British English "licence", suggests to me 
> that he is not resident in the UK, and therefore does not actually 
> require a licence.
>
> (In British English, "license" is a verb; "license" a noun. American 
> English uses "license" for both.)
>

You meant "license" is the verb and "licence" the noun!

Must admit, I have a thing against the pervasive nature of creeping 
Americanisms into our language. With the dominance of American media, 
these days youngsters generally don't know how to spell British English. 
Sigh.

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