>You may prefer 'dispatch' to 'despatch', > but they are equally legitimate alternative spellings.
They may be legitimate, but NOT equally. The purpose of communication is to communicate. NOT to show off your erudition by picking obscure spellings/usage and confusing people. Schmuel was probably out of line in his phrasing; the sentiment is not. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
