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I am an American, and I too find this extremely confusing.  That's  
why here at Explorit Science Center we used to call our signature  
table-top activities "explorits".  A collection of explorits made up  
an exhibition, which was about a particular topic.  Unfortunately,  
some people found the term "explorit" too confusing because it was  
also the name of our center, so we stopped using it.  I for one would  
like to find a new perfect name to describe our "exhibits",  
"activities", etc.  that make up an "exhibition".

Still searching...

Anna

On Dec 1, 2008, at 1:43 AM, Ian Russell wrote:

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> Sorry! I now realise that in my previous email I made the classic  
> mistake of
> talking about 'exhibits', forgetting that the USA you call these  
> 'exhibit
> components'. I should have been thinking about 'exhibitions'.
>
> We British English speakers find this terribly confusing to  
> translate from
> American English! Does this ever confuse an American? I'm sure I  
> sometimes
> catch you saying 'exhibit' when you mean 'exhibit component'. Or is  
> it just
> me being confused again?
>
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