National Novel Writer's Month

i wouldn't doubt the guidelines being different. after all the US uses gallons and miles instead of litres and kilometres just to be a pain in the tush. :) i remember reading something about that Dr Heimlich was adamantly against the renaming because 'abomdominal thrusts' weren't descriptive enough. ::shrug:: i couldn't find anyone that specifically said "this is why it changed" hehe :)