On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote: > To tell the truth, I've heard both in the US. I think, actually, thesis is > an older term in the US that Wolfe is probably more familiar with. Certainly in the '60s and '70s my mother talked about working on her "doctor's thesis." -- Dan'l Danehy-Oakes