OT: More things that annoy me...

[Robin]

...a verb used in British English for some 500 years

(whence e.g. "administrator" - though "administerer" is also found)

[Max Demian]

Surely it would be 'omahj (if it really is French).

[Bob Eager]

What's wrong with 'administer'?

[phister]

Nukeler power....

[The Natural Philosopher]

Actually I looked that one up. The root is a burglar. In the UK we made up a verb to 'burgle' In the USA they did the other.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Well some people do say it that way. To me its hommidge

[The Natural Philosopher]

NooKooLah

I love the yankls on you tube 'soddering' their circuits together

[Robin]

Nothing. But English is not limited to just one word for any given meaning.

[The Other John]

And they talk about using an automobile for transportation instead of a car for transport. Why use 3 letters when 10 will do? :)

[Joe]

We used it here in the past. The (first) 'A' in AA and RAC stands for 'automobile'.

[Ian Jackson]

In message [e-mail]>, Joe [e-mail] writes

Although they certainly used to, I don't think the Americans use 'automobile' (simply for 'car') very much any more.

[Andy Burns]

AndroidAuto vs Apple CarPlay

[Bob Martin]

Run?

[JNugent]

"Multi..." has been fashionable among biens-pensants for some decades.

When I was a student, the one that used to amuse me was "multi-national companies" (a hate term, of course).

The normal way of saying it would be "international companies".