Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 12:21:42 02/14/00
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On February 14, 2000 at 13:59:37, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 14, 2000 at 03:14:46, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On February 13, 2000 at 13:55:06, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>> >>>This comment warms my heart. Bruce would be prowd. :-))) >>> >>> Albert Silver >> >>Proud! >> >>And I noticed that Bruce spells rumour without the second u. How tacky. >> >>;-) ;-) >> >>Dave > > >Nah, it's the damned Europeans that are ruining spelling. Some examples: > >colour. rumour. Both correct -- and I'm not from Europe. ;) >I have fits when I write something for the JICCA. Jaap changes all the >"colors" to "colours" then sends the edited text to me for final check. I >change 'em all back. He goes bananas and changes them back. I keep telling >him _I_ don't use "colour". It looks wrong to my eye. :) Yes, I've heard that Jaap has a pretty heavy editing hand. >rumor is correct, IMHO. As is color. Of course, icecicle is wrong, but >that was just a quick "icicle doesn't look right, icecicle doesn't look right, >and I never went back to look at it a second time." > >colour will _never_ look right to me. :) > >neither will behaviour and all the other "our" rather than "or" words. > >wonder why they don't change for to four? :) That sound is pronouced differently... at least where I live. >or "tournado" for a serious storm. :) Ditto. We're getting way off-topic here. I'll give you last crack. ;) Dave
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