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Article #2108Re: American to English spelling
From: Kim Letkeman
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 21:25
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 21:25
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In article <KIM.90Nov14065703@kim.Software.Mitel.com> kim@Software.Mitel.com (Kim Letkeman) writes: | <661@riegel.prosys.se> | Sender: kim@spock | Organization: Public Switching, MITEL Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada | Lines: 13 | In-reply-to: ath@prosys.se's message of 11 Nov 90 07:31:30 GMT | | In article <661@riegel.prosys.se> ath@prosys.se (Anders Thulin) writes: | | That's the OED speaking. I doubt if it means anything, since the OED | | also says that the '-ize' form of verbs is to be preferred to '-ise' | | (when the root is of Greek origin). And nobody seems to bother about | | that. | | Well, almost everyone around here uses the -ize form. | | The net could use a "sweeping statement" indicator or perhaps a "grain | of salt" insertion mechanism. | -- | Kim Letkeman kim@software.mitel.com | uunet!mitel!spock!kim Oops. My brain dead indicator failed to go off before I posted that statement. Apologies. -- Kim Letkeman kim@software.mitel.com uunet!mitel!spock!kim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!spock!kim!kim From: kim@Software.Mitel.com (Kim Letkeman) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: American to English spelling Message-ID: <KIM.90Nov16162526@kim.Software.Mitel.com> Date: 16 Nov 90 21:25:26 GMT References: <27204@cs.yale.edu> <183@tivoli.UUCP> <27216@cs.yale.edu> <661@riegel.prosys.se> <KIM.90Nov14065703@kim.Software.Mitel.com> Sender: kim@spock Organization: Public Switching, MITEL Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada Lines: 27 In-reply-to: kim@Software.Mitel.com's message of 14 Nov 90 11:57:03 GMT