Re: Ping the Yanks

On 3/2/2010 10:00 AM, conwaycaine wrote:
"S Viemeister"<firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
On 3/1/2010 10:32 AM, conwaycaine wrote:

And there you Brits stand, waving the Union Jack, and saying "We are the
sole arbitrators of what is and isn't good English"

That would be 'arbiters'.

I'm not sure you are correct, Shiela.
But let me check my Webster's just to see.
Well, my heavens, it appears you ARE incorrect.
Score one for the left side of the pond then..............


Webster's Dictionary.
Main Entry: ar·bi·tra·tor
Pronunciation: \'är-b?-?tra-t?r\
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
: one that arbitrates : arbiter


See also <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arbiter>

The words are cousins, but they are used in slightly different ways.
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