Re: Re: "Presently" ?= "Now"

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From: Simon Kenyon
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1986 16:56

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> this American linguistic imperialism? How do you get your spelling
> dictionaries? I wouldn't mind hearing a few other flames about my
> pet peeve.
i used to wrk for a large us computer company
i worked in ireland, on irish products jet we had to produce the INTERNAL
documentation with words like COLOR etc. yes i was peeved
-- 
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Subject: Re: Re: "Presently" ?= "Now"
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