It's an elliptical definition. I read Ross's line as meaning "(the vowel contained in) cot, bother...". That's still meaningless. There is no vowel that is contained in every rendition of "cot". The vowels that may

That's usually the case, but I don't think this is ... to UK timte, and defaulted to the British English dictionary. Mine too. I wonder if it has something to do with changing, on Windows installation, the default US settings to the

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That's usually the case, but I don't think this is the invariable default for the oft-maligned MS Word. I seem to recall that when I last installed it, it recognised that my machine was set to UK timte, and defaulted to the British English

... } I find that I can switch between "bother-sans-b" and "father-sans-f" } without moving my lips in the slightest, a bit like a vent would do, } perhaps. Is this encompassed by your theory? It seems to me as if my } mouth is

I think most half-decent word-processors let you choose between a variety of "national" dictionaries, don't they? They might let you choose, but most are set to "US English", even for British sales, and most people

If it's Microsoft software, it can easily be modified to use a British English spell-checker. There is no need to install additional software. (Of course, as reference to any Oxford dictionary will confirm, "utilize" is an acceptable

MC filted: The primary school at Eight Ash Green in Essex, in Mr Russell's constituency, is sticking up for traditional British English. Headteacher Nick Rudman told BBC Look East that when pupils there leave the "u" out of the word

"I also want the government to lead by example so all our schoolchildren, and the public generally, use the English spelling The above is very different from the below: The primary school at Eight Ash Green in Essex, in Mr Russell's

Fight to save English spelling A campaign is being launched to protect English words from being replaced by American spellings. Colchester MP Bob Russell wants to prevent youngsters from being shown words such as "utilize",