In message <86ejpz3kur.fsf at rakim.cfhp.org>, Edward O'Connor <hober0 at gmail.com> writes >> The pedant in me says that "cite" is a verb and not really >> appropriate to label something that is a noun. >>IIRC, this is a usage difference between en-US and en-GB, though I >can't remember which one takes which position in this case. The Oxford English Dictionary (usually taken as the definitive reference for UK English) gives the noun 'Cite' as a US variant of "citation", first noted in 1957. I can't give a URL, as I have access to a subscription-only version. -- Andy Mabbett <http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/uFsig/>