Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:55:27 02/14/00
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On February 14, 2000 at 15:21:42, Dave Gomboc wrote: >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. ;) "color" is what I see in every book I read, unless it originates from a European country. I like "color". I hate "colour" as I wouldn't pronounce the two the same... :) Not to mention that it takes one extra keystroke. For a long-time unix user, that is unpardonable... :) > >>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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