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According to my dictionary "license" is also used as the noun (equivalent to "licence") in American English. My dictionary may be wrong, though.
by pluma 12y ago
According 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.