An old friend sent me an e-mail the other day to remind me that CVs are called ‘resumes’ in the United States. "Not that you will have forgotten" she said, "but, CV is an unknown term here - always just resume".
Actually, I hadn’t forgotten – I’d just gotten very parochial and really quite careless.
I have to say that Bill is absolutely innocent – he’s always lived in Britain - but neither Geoffrey nor I have any such excuse. We’ve both of us lived in the United States, and we now live in France, where the word for ‘resume, is - ‘résumé’.
Sorry everyone!
Emily - http://www.therapypartnership.com
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