Software patents take a beating at the US Supreme Court

Posted Jul 2, 2014 22:26 UTC (Wed) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: Software patents take a beating at the US Supreme Court by nix
Parent article: Software patents take a beating at the US Supreme Court

When I wrote "school" I really meant: end of secondary / university. That is: algebra, geometry, analysis,...

Sorry for the confusion.

Software patents take a beating at the US Supreme Court

Posted Jul 10, 2014 17:14 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (2 responses)

Ah, the US English definition of 'school' that I always forget exists. Makes sense now: my rant was misdirected.

Software patents take a beating at the US Supreme Court

Posted Jul 10, 2014 20:27 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link] (1 responses)

> the US English definition of 'school'

US English? Mmmm... http://www.lse.ac.uk/

Looks like the word "school" can be confusing in many places! For sure the direct translation in French can be very vague too.

Software patents take a beating at the US Supreme Court

Posted Jul 16, 2014 18:46 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Just because there is a term 'school' used in the names of various parts of the UK university system does not mean that it is in common use for parts of the UK university system outside those names. Say that someone is going to school in the UK and your listener (if a BrE speaker) will *not* interpret it as meaning that they are going to university.