@Nicholas Ettel

> Actually, I got my definition from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refute

El Reg is a UK publication (that's why it's a .co.uk site) so we expect El Reg's hacks to write in Left-Pondian English, and not adopt Right-Pondian American malapropisms like "refute" for "deny" and other similar rubbish that can be found in criminally illiterate "English" dictionaries like Merrian's Webster and in even less literate speeches by a former President.

We don't want to see el Reg supporting the Yanks and their co-nationals in their efforts to render our language not useful for communication!