Further to the Korbut Function
Aug. 18th, 2008 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceYou guys: you are amazing. Virtual cookies and/or biscuits for all. You are not only prompt, you are unanimous; the internets agree with each other. Uneven bars or uneven parallel bars is American usage and always has been; asymmetric bars is British.
At least, it was British. Until now. And I would very much like to know who decided to change it. On the BBC, damn it! I love variations in usage, transatlantic or otherwise; I hate creeping homogenisation.
Bah, humbug. To the barricades! Who's with me?
At least, it was British. Until now. And I would very much like to know who decided to change it. On the BBC, damn it! I love variations in usage, transatlantic or otherwise; I hate creeping homogenisation.
Bah, humbug. To the barricades! Who's with me?