RE: Spelling games (was RE: Slides vs. digital)
Somebody should have pointed them out to him at the time, instead of waiting until now to do so. :^) Len --- > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > David A. Mann > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Spelling games (was RE: Slides vs digital) > > > John Coyle writes: > > > It was only the somewhat demented Mr. Webster who > > decided, quite unilaterally, to alter the spelling > of some words in his famous > > dictionary, which was then adopted as standard > American spelling. > > Yeah he made a few typos in that edition ;) > > Cheers, > > > - Dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Spelling games (was RE: Slides vs digital)
> -Original Message- > From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Hey Christian, don't start this one again - we had a long > series on this just > recently! > However, I might just remind you that the English language > originated in > England (not the Americas), and that part of it's vocabulary > comes from the > French. Therefore, French 'couleur' = English 'colour', and > we don't really > see why we should change. It was only the somewhat demented > Mr. Webster who > decided, quite unilaterally, to alter the spelling of some > words in his famous > dictionary, which was then adopted as standard American spelling. > I knew you guys would say that! I was just having some fun! Christian Skofteland - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Spelling games (was RE: Slides vs digital)
Hey, someone had to clean up the language Norm John Coyle wrote: > It was only the somewhat demented Mr. Webster who > decided, quite unilaterally, to alter the spelling of some words in his famous > dictionary, which was then adopted as standard American spelling. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
