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[QUOTE="veivoli, post: 5303782, member: 14073"]
Ah yes, I believe it was Private Eye that coined that name. At least the Grauniad exhibits typical British self-deprecating humour, in that they're not afraid to make fun of themselves:

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I had an interesting discussion with a USAian a while back regarding space shuttle names: Endeavour is spelled the British way as it was  named after one of James Cook's ships. He visited our islands during his explorations.

I'm unrepentantly unilingual, while my spouse has English as her third language, although the second has largely atrophied through lack of use.

I'm tempted to hijack this thread into a discussion of mispronunciation. It appears that the rule of silent 'e' has been repealed in the US. Refer to this gem from Tom Lehrer:

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My kids grew up watching Sesame Street, so I spent a lot of time correcting their pronunciation - including 'Z' as "zed" not "zee"!
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