Graeme J W Smith M.R.I.N.

A Scot's eye view from the USA.

: Name:Graeme J W Smith; Location:Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ex-Glasgow, Scotland I moved to the USA in 1996 and am now a naturalized American. I have a consulting business which advises small to medium sized businesses about the best use they can make of IT.

In a past life I have been a youth worker, Tall Ship Captain and I also worked in the yacht building industry in the UK and USA.

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Primarily - I get my view on the world from these sources. Comparing the International sections of the BBC and the NYT often leaves you wondering if people live on the same planet! Google News presents all of the world's news organizations - perhaps a balanced view the world?

Friday, November 24, 2006

Vacation, Holiday what the heck

As I was happily keywording the blog I realized that as you cross the Atlantic the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's come up with slightly different interpretations on a theme that confuses many from the UK. So here is the definitive.....