Hey! We invented the dictionary. That insured that we had a standardized way to misspell the words.
Stan Halpin wrote: > Some time ago, (late 1800's?) there was a spelling reform movement in > the U.K. Strangely, they got rid of the z's, but kept the ou's (as in > colour, honour, ...). In the U.S. such reforms never have a chance > because nobody knows how to spell in the first place. > > Stan > > On Jan 8, 2007, at 4:06 PM, K.Takeshita wrote: > >> On 1/08/07 4:56 PM, "Adam Maas", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the >>> schools teach correct english less and less). >> Thanks Adam. >> One more person to confirm this? >> >> I learned English in Japan, where they taught U.K. English in school at >> least in my days (now they are probably teaching American English but >> I am >> not sure). So, when I came to Canada, I felt comfortable because of >> English >> spelling and metric system etc. But I always remembered "Z" instead >> of "S" >> in those particular spellings. Moreover, I think I started recognizing >> (recognising :-) this "S" spelling rather recently. >> But if "S" is correct, then I have to mind to switch to "S". >> >> Ken >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
