BF>>> When the FTSC is given enough mandate to make it so.
BF>> Does what I wrote have a different meaning in US English BF>> than in British English?
DS> I doubt it.
Well, obviously it does.
DS> Perhaps you could explain what you mean by the phrases DS> "obligatory for all used software"
Pro primo: I didn't write that. Are you with me so far?
DS> and "when the FTSC is given enough mandate to make it so"?
Does the phrase "when hell freezes over" ring a bell?
DS> Those phrases are miles away from "here is what people are doing".
Of course they are. And anybody familiar with English Proper would understand what I was trying to say. That obviously didn't include you. Hence my question:
BF>> Does what I wrote have a different meaning in US English BF>> than in British English?
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