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Two nations divided by a common language............ Another great (English) quote!

So what makes you say the British have got Sycamore wrong? I have a feeling we were calling false planes sycamore before north america was colonised by english speakers. Plus a Plane is no more a sycamore than a maple is. Personally I think we should do away with sycamore altogether, far too...

Sycamore has been used for so many different trees over the centuries that its pretty much meaningless. The sycamore referred to in the bible was a type of fig. American Sycamore is Plane, UK sycamore is Maple. One of my clients insisted on called them Stickamores, which I found somewhat...