Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 15:35:43 02/14/00
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On February 14, 2000 at 17:55:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... :) > In English you should not really bother, it is not phonetic. Take for example 'Sean' and 'bean': they are written almost the same, but pronounced very differently. Spanish script is fully phonetic, and some words are written differently in Spain and in México, but only because they are pronounced in different ways. I do not see why to worry in English. BTW, I have always used 'colour' in my papers, and no referee has complained (: >Not to mention that it takes one extra keystroke. For a long-time unix >user, that is unpardonable... :) > [snip]
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