Posted by Dave Thewlis on February 28, 2011 at 05:55:57 user dthewlis.
In Reply to: Re: English versus American usage posted by Mike Dennis on February 27, 2011 at 22:45:35:
I was guilty of an omission in my original post. Sixty years ago or so, the initial school was at least as likely to be called an 'elementary' school as a 'primary' school; I think that may have been a case of regional usage.