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[(``-_-´´) -- Fernando]

I'm from Portugal and it sound exactly the same to me.
In Portuguese we say both "Ecra" and "Monitor"

On 6/6/07, Phil Bull <philbull at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 07:50 +0200, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, den 05.06.2007, 17:29 -0700 schrieb Corey Burger:
> > > On 6/5/07, Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > > Am Donnerstag, den 31.05.2007, 12:07 -0700 schrieb Corey Burger:
> > > > >
> > > > >  * "Monitor" is a much more common term than "Screen".
> > > >
> > > > Screem is the term used by GNOME: e.g. in screen resolution or
> screen
> > > > saver.
> > > >
> > > > But I am no native speaker :) So are these just different contexts?
> > > > Multiple monitor setup would be also more common than multiple
> screen
> > > > setup?
> > >
> > > At least in North America, a screen is a thing on a door or something
> > > at a movie theatre, not a box on your desk that is a monitor.
> >
> > There are any British on the list?
>
> In the UK, either screen or monitor tend to be used. People more
> commonly refer to it as 'the computer screen' I think, 'monitor' is seen
> as a little more technical (although not much). I've been using 'screen'
> when writing documentation anyway...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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