Re: Spelling games (was RE: Slides vs digital)

2001-09-07 Thread Norman Baugher
Hey, someone had to clean up the language G Norm John Coyle wrote: snip 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

RE: Spelling games (was RE: Slides vs digital)

2001-09-07 Thread Skofteland, Christian
-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

RE: Spelling games (was RE: Slides vs. digital)

2001-09-07 Thread Len Paris
: 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