[plug] Spellcheck please

Mike Holland myk at golden.wattle.id.au
Wed Feb 23 17:28:43 WST 2000


On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, russ wrote:

> skribe wrote:
> > They are but only if you insist on spelling colour without the `u'.
> 
> When did they put a 'u' in color?  ;)

Some time in the last century or so, when it became trendy with English
yuppies to Frenchify everything. e.g. program became "programme",
-ize became -ise, etc. Dont blame the yanks.


Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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