> It's true that the z->s tranformation is recent and that the > 'z' spellings were in use here when the pilgrims left, but I'm > not sure that fact makes them any more correct than the generally > accepted 's' spellings. Since when waa antiquity a measure of > correctness in spelling or grammer?
Exactly. Although, 50 years ago hardly equates with pilgrim times... I believe that's significiantly more recent than Webster's simplifications, about which some people get rather ... jingoistic. But as you say, antiquity is no measure of correctness. Surely, being programmers, and being fond of laughing at the Americans for not using the metric system, we should embrace American spellings, which are arguably simpler and better representations of the spoken words? +Pete -- A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. -- Samuel Johnson
