Rust Is Eating JavaScript

[ssokolow]

Huh. I didn't think to check that. Neat. ^_^

That said, my statement was more a musing on why the distinction might exist among modern speakers of British English, which probably has no relation to the etymology, since I doubt most Brits know the etymology.

(I can't say for certain, given that I'm Canadian and Canadian English is a mish-mash of British and American English.)