for alt.usage.english : See http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ufoodpccscef2a%40corp.supernews.com&output=gplain or http://tinyurl.com/36pdh (begin quote from Usenet post) British English short form _BrE_ (...) _Precision of reference._ (...) The English sociolinguist Peter Trudgill has...