[OT] American versus British spelling and pronunciation (was: Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous)

2012-03-08 Thread Stewart Gordon
On 08/03/2012 11:04, Regan Heath wrote: On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:21:00 -, Derek ddparn...@bigpond.com wrote: On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:38:08 +1100, Nick Sabalausky a@a.a wrote: British English may be the more official English, with American English as a mere variation ... In one sense,

Re: [OT] American versus British spelling and pronunciation (was: Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous)

2012-03-08 Thread James Miller
On 9 March 2012 01:23, Stewart Gordon smjg_1...@yahoo.com wrote: On 08/03/2012 11:04, Regan Heath wrote: On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:21:00 -, Derek ddparn...@bigpond.com wrote: On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:38:08 +1100, Nick Sabalausky a@a.a wrote: British English may be the more official English,