Posted by Round/Around on January 11, 2001 at 13:15:47 from 194.6.79.172:
In Reply to: COOT CLUB - observations part ONE posted by Ed Kiser on January 05, 2001 at 06:44:46:
I think it may be simply the diffrence beween usage in spoken English and written English - ie. although I invaribaly write "around" I normally say "round".
Of the examples you give, all ofthe "arounds" seem to be descriptive narrative, whereas the "rounds" are either spoken or dramatic narrative.