[Gllug] Re:SCO's Linux fight

[Alistair Mann]

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Thus spaketh Jim Bailey on Wednesday 04 June 2003 5:23 pm:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 04:54:11PM +0100, Leslie Till wrote:
> > Trying not to appear offensive.
> > Are you using a spell checker in US/MS mode?
>
> Yes and no I have a us spell checker but most of the time I either
> ignore Americani_s_ations or don't bother with it all.  Yes I know my
> spelling, punctuation and grammar really suck.  If it really bothers you
> feel free to correct me on or off list.

It's a deeply personal thing I know, but I have no problem whatsoever with 
people using so-called Americanizations; I know I frequently use them myself.

For instance, how many people object to the Americanism 'Fall' when we call it 
'Autumn'? Did those same people know that Shakespeare called it Fall, and 
thus so did the English, long before the Americans? In this, and many other 
examples, American English is actually closer to the English of old than is 
British English.

> I am also a really lazy reader/writer and frequently read what I believe
> I have written, rather than what I actually have.  Reading in words to a
> sentence that aren't there is a particularily annoying habbit I have.

I do that. Particularly during flames!

> Sorry :)

None needed.
- -- 
Alistair

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