Rotary tiller
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Comment by John Fisk on May 11th, 2012 at 10:49 am
You refer to a ‘rotary plow’ then add ‘rotary plough in British English’.
Plough is English. Plow is American.
Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on November 1st, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Thank you for your comment.
Your statement that “plough is English, Plow is American” is problematic, however. “American” is not a language, or spelling of a language but “English” is a language. The term “American English” (or “United States English”) is used to describe the version of the English language used in the United States, while the term “British English” is used to describe the form of the English language used in the United Kingdom.
Since NWE uses United States English spelling it is appropriate to note “plough in British English” to differentiate this spelling from that used as standard in NWE.
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