RE: OFF-TOPIC Loose and lose

Dude, just be glad you aren't french in the middle of Cinco de Mayo. ep

Date sent:      	Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:06:06 -0800
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From:           	Brian_McQuillan_at_gelco.com
Subject:        	RE: OFF-TOPIC Loose and lose

> > Is it a disk drive or a disc drive?
>
> Hmmmmm , i suppose this one depends which flavour (note the spelling) of English
> you learned.

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>Jefe...
>
> As you may know, Benjamin Franklin and some of the figures amongst
> the early american intellectual elites actually advocated & worked
> for the establishment of an officially separate "american" dialect
> of the english language (part of this was to introduce changes of
> spelling of words like "flavour" to "flavor" in "american"
> dictionaries). This was supposedly to prevent what they thought
> was a very dangerous tendency in early american culture to
> backslide into imitations of the anti-democratic elements of
> british religion, culture & politics (back then).
Received on Wed Jul 19 2000 - 17:42:45 CDT