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Most likely a UK thing. There is some odd stuff there when it comes to TV and "licenses"
by knd775 12y ago
Most likely a UK thing. There is some odd stuff there when it comes to TV and "licenses"
- klez 12y agoNot really, we have it in Italy too, but it shows a martini glass. Sorry I can't find a picture, but it looks like this one http://business.sky.it/statics/images/business/Bar/offerta_bar/abusivi/bicchierino_layer.png http://business.sky.it/statics/images/business/Bar/offerta_b...
- rmc 12y agoIreland & Germany also have (ish) TV licences
- to3m 12y agoIt's the noun, so "\"licences\"". Sky is a private business, so the arrangement here is an ordinary licencing arrangement between one business and another. If you pay £25/mo, or whatever, Sky give you the right to watch men kicking a ball about at home; if you want to show the same thing to paying customers, on the other hand, you need to be paying more. Sky pay through the nose for the rights to all this nonsense and they have to make the money back somehow. The TV "licence" (a tax, pretty much) is separate matter.
- pluma 12y agoAccording to my dictionary "license" is also used as the noun (equivalent to "licence") in American English. My dictionary may be wrong, though.
- to3m 12y agoThe entire point is that the TV licence is a UK thing ;)
- pluma 12y agoBut if we were talking about the colour of the BBC logo, would you correct Americans who say "color"? Honest question. I'm a non-native speaker, but my understanding has been that you only keep the original spelling for proper names and terms of the trade (i.e. anything you wouldn't translate if it was non-English, like "Grand Prix" in sports or "vert" in heraldry).
- to3m 12y agoMy comment wasn't entirely serious. But it seems that "TV Licence" actually is written that way, capitalization and all - see, e.g., https://www.gov.uk/tv-licence https://www.gov.uk/tv-licence) - suggesting it is a technical term.