As they say, "... divided by a common language". :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/22/2012 9:45 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I might, Chuck; or I would say "migrate from Cambs to Norfolk", but it's not
> really migration :-)
>
> Migration makes more sense in a country the size of the USA.
>
> Chris
>
> On 22 Apr 2012, at 14:35, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I didn't invent the term. Emigration is normally thought of as leaving
>> one's country for another. Out-migration is the sense I've used it is
>> leaving California for another US state. Net out-migration is the
>> difference between those migrating in and those migrating out. In this
>> case 4 million more people left California for other states than moved
>> into California.
>>
>> Would you use the term emigration to refer to those moving from
>> Cambridgeshire to Norfolk?
>
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