[plug] Spellcheck please

[John Summerfield]

> 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.

colour and programme were adopted from the French. 'this frenchifying' was 
reverting to earlier English spelling.

Th correct suffix -ise or ize depends on the root from which the word is 
derived; -ise for latin, -ize for greek.

As most people don't learn grammar any more...



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