On Jan 10, 2007, at 2:18 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
The best I heard is registering the phone in the dog's name. They
knew immediately when it was a telemarketer.
Good trick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos_L._Halper
I remember a guy a long time ago who registered his car in the name
of
On 10/01/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I remember a guy a long time ago who registered his car in the name
of his 4-year-old daughter so he could get away with speeding
tickets. You've probably already guessed that it didn't work.
A feline was recently issued a credit card with a
On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
I registered my home phone in a totally fictitious name. Anyone who
asks for that person only hears the click as I hang up.
A friend of mine always did that. He used the name Noah Vail ;-)
One of my pseudonyms is Bendt Dikk Hansen.
Bob
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Subject: Re: OT Question (was Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that
complicated)
keith_w wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
[...]
The s is correct, z is
On Jan 8, 2007, at 9:02 PM, SJ wrote:
like adam said, 'z' is the american usage...
But we don't advertize that fact.
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The best I heard is registering the phone in the dog's name. They
knew immediately when it was a telemarketer.
Regards, Bob S.
On 1/8/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:30 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
Same here, often Mrs Smiths from New Delhi :-(
Our phone
Bob Shell wrote:
I registered my home phone in a totally fictitious name. Anyone who
asks for that person only hears the click as I hang up.
A friend of mine always did that. He used the name Noah Vail ;-)
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:18 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
The best I heard is registering the phone in the dog's name. They
knew immediately when it was a telemarketer.
I registered my home phone in a totally fictitious name. Anyone who
asks for that person only hears the click as I hang up.
Bob
On 10/01/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I registered my home phone in a totally fictitious name. Anyone who
asks for that person only hears the click as I hang up.
Amazing, even to obtain a pay-as-you-go SIM card you have to provide
approved photo ID such as a drivers license in Oz.
keith_w wrote:
On the other hand, you say, Correct Canadian usage is UK English...
Do you know who made that so?
Is the Queen on their money? There's your answer. :-)
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I think those are nice example but they do not generate any buzz in my brain.
Variations like Elevator/Lift are more notable and Through / Thru is
like touching Reset button of my computer. Same with Night/Nite ... I
feel like those american spellings jumping into my eyes and making fun
of me ;)
Neither nite nor thru are correct for formal prose use. They're
alternative spellings based on US English sound correlates, usually
used for signage contraction, to save space and/or draw attention
*because* they are 'wrong' and thus acceptable because they get the
message across.
Godfrey
Well, in the American dictionary we use as the official source for
Scrabble play, both
night/nite color/colour realize/realise are good - though the s
version is considered British
as is the our ending . But night/nite is just a modern cutseyism(I
just invented this word)
We get a lot of
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:07:41PM +0100, Thibouille wrote:
I think those are nice example but they do not generate any buzz in my brain.
Variations like Elevator/Lift are more notable and Through / Thru is
like touching Reset button of my computer. Same with Night/Nite ... I
feel like those
Neither Thru nor Nite is correct in any variation of English, I know of.
Thibouille wrote:
I think those are nice example but they do not generate any buzz in my brain.
Variations like Elevator/Lift are more notable and Through / Thru is
like touching Reset button of my computer. Same with
In the US you buy them in a bubble pack and pay cash...
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 10/01/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I registered my home phone in a totally fictitious name. Anyone who
asks for that person only hears the click as I hang up.
Amazing, even to obtain
Despite the grating 'gotten' is okay. Look it up in your Oxford. Another
one that's interesting is plow, that, in UK English is plough. Plow is
older and closer to the original than plough.
Don
John Francis wrote:
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:07:41PM +0100, Thibouille wrote:
I think those
What makes me shake my head is the people who get into their car, start the
engine, fire up the mobile and drive off - sans seat-belt too!
Then watch them negotiate the next corner in a manual car with no hands to
work the gear stick!
FWIW, I use a pre-paid for all mobile calls, because I
Yep. Now I 'only' get 1-2 unsolicited sales calls a week.
If I only got one every two months it wouldn't be a problem.
Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source
of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) - our
phone number is one simple digit transposition away from
the
On 08/01/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source
of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) - our
phone number is one simple digit transposition away from
the local Blockbuster Video/DVD rental store.
Oh the Joy. A friend
From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/01/08 Mon AM 08:11:31 GMT
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On 08/01/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile
or landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably
less than half a dozen a year. We get / make many calls to /
from friends and relatives. Call me old-fashioned, but
chatting using voice is still my
When you dial another person's phone you are asking to be allowed to
take up some of their time. It's like entering a room where someone is
busy doing his or her own thing. You intrude upon their space and may,
or may not, be welcome. I often find the telephone a bloody nuisance and
may choose
On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
And I must admit I'm far less inclined to answer any
phone these days if the senders caller ID has been suppressed.
I simply don't answer such calls. None of the people who should be
calling me have suppressed caller IDs. Let them
On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:27 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of
the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their
car to leave.
When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell
phone glued to
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:10 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Despite being listed only in Yellow Pages, under Ecological
Consultancies, my company, having one letter different to a major
UK houseware retailer, still gets calls asking if the local shop is
open. I suspect that they are getting the
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From: Digital Image Studio Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message
really that complicated
On 08/01/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source
of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) -
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Bob Shell wrote:
One year the phone company put my photography studio in the yellow
pages under Welding instead of Wedding. We could have sold a lot of
acetylene that year !!!
snip
It's funny in hindsight, but sure wasn't at the time.
I apologise for laughing loud :-)
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 08/01/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
phone number is one simple digit transposition away from
the local Blockbuster Video/DVD rental store.
mis-dialled by listeners attempting to dial a local radio stations
competition line.
I don't know what
On 1/8/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell
phone glued to their ear and are chattering away. My question: Who
in hell are all of these people talking to??
Bob
Maybe some of the older list members can educate me. What did
Digital Image Studio wrote:
Oh the Joy. A friend of mine once had a number that was commonly
mis-dialled by listeners attempting to dial a local radio stations
competition line. For some entertainment he put together a bogus
winners message on his answer machine which was quite rude, a lot
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From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really
that complicated
I don't know what number mine is close to, but I keep getting calls on
my cell phone from escort services! Now, if it was close to the
number for an escort service, I
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or
landline.
Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go
straight to voice mail...
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William Robb wrote:
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From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really
that complicated
I don't know what number mine is close to, but I keep getting calls on
my cell phone from escort services! Now, if it was close to the
number for
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or
landline.
Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go
straight to voice mail...
I say that this year, about an hour after he goes to bed, we
My house number is 1 digit off the local Canadian Tire store.
Most calls are for the garage, and want to know if their vehicle is ready.
I always say, YES.:-)
Dave
Quoting Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Digital Image Studio wrote:
Oh the Joy. A friend of mine once had a number that was
Quoting Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or
landline.
Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go
straight to voice mail...
I say that this
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 1/8/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell
phone glued to their ear and are chattering away. My question: Who
in hell are all of these people talking to??
Bob
Maybe some of the
On 7/1/07, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed:
About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of
the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their
car to leave.
Believe me, I would switch it off if I could. I haved to have mine on
for work. In fact
On 7/1/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
I have to be contactable 24 hours a day as a part of my contract, and so
I carry 2 cell phones Cheers,
Cotty
Then how come Norm got your voice mail:-)
Ahar - I have to be contactable 24 hours a day since my contract started
(December
On 1/6/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:50 PM, David Savage wrote:
But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation,
to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off.
I won't put up with a salesclerk who does that. I politely tell him/
her
Cotty wrote:
On 7/1/07, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed:
About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of
the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their
car to leave.
Believe me, I would switch it off if I could. I haved to have mine
On 8/1/07, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed:
I answer all the calls I get* and I get at least two canvassing calls a day
on average.
Malcolm, are you ex-directory?
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oh um a question about that -
I dont' use nor do I want to use text messaging - email is tough enough
and trying to type on little cell phone buttons let along see the
letters on them
is maddening - but if someone sends me a text message and I don't ahve
text messaging
on a cell phone does my
On 8/1/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go
straight to voice mail...
Call screening - listen to the voicemail first to see who it was - just
because I have to be contactable 24/7 doesn't necessarily mean I'm
On 8/1/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
I say that this year, about an hour after he goes to bed, we call him
again. And again. And again
You ain't seen nothin yet Scotty.
Better yet, lets call his wife and ask where he is. ;-)
Grr.
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Cotty wrote:
On 7/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm with you there. On my cell phone I answer most calls because the
number is not widely distributed. But I always check the ID. If it's
suppressed, I don't answer. I never answer my land line. I do check
the messages
Scott - This year he is going to be there :)
we can just go rattle his tent
ann
Scott Loveless wrote:
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or
landline.
Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call
Nah Ann, we'll still call him.
Norm
ann sanfedele wrote:
Scott - This year he is going to be there :)
we can just go rattle his tent
ann
Scott Loveless wrote:
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I
Cotty wrote:
I answer all the calls I get* and I get at least two
canvassing calls a
day on average.
Malcolm, are you ex-directory?
Yes. The trouble is so many companies you do deal with sell their telephone
lists - no matter what is ticked in boxes on forms to suggest otherwise.
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:11:31PM +1100, Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 08/01/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source
of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) - our
phone number is one simple digit transposition away
Those four foot thick stone walls wouldn't have anything to do with
that, would they?
Cotty wrote:
Believe me, I would switch it off if I could. I haved to have mine on
for work. In fact the reception in our area is shady - I have to have it
in the window or it won't work.
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Norm Baugher wrote:
ann sanfedele wrote:
Scott Loveless wrote:
I say that this year, about an hour after he goes to bed, we call
him again. And again. And again
Better yet, lets call his wife and ask where he is. ;-)
Scott - This year he is going to be there :)
we can just
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Norm Baugher wrote:
ann sanfedele wrote:
Scott Loveless wrote:
I say that this year, about an hour after he goes to bed, we call
him again. And again. And again
Better yet, lets call his wife and ask where he is. ;-)
Scott - This year he
Hey, when I was growing up we did not even use the phone to call our
neighbors, it was cheaper to walk down the street. A local phone call
cost a dime for 3 minutes, didn't matter if it was your phone or a pay
phone. 10 cents please. BTW, that dime would buy a cup of coffee or a
bottle of Coke
You knew THIS was coming.:-)
Quoting graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hey, when I was growing up we did not even use the phone to call our
neighbors, it was cheaper to walk down the street.
Oh, your lucky to have a street.We had to walk to school in the sewer
pipes.:-)
Dave(with the normal
On 8/1/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:
we can just go rattle his tent
LOL
;-
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On 8/1/07, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yes. The trouble is so many companies you do deal with sell their telephone
lists - no matter what is ticked in boxes on forms to suggest otherwise.
I'm surprised. We're ex-directory as well, but honestly, nowhere near
two a day :-/
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On 8/1/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
Those four foot thick stone walls wouldn't have anything to do with
that, would they?
Everything!
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From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/01/08 Mon PM 04:49:43 GMT
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Maybe some of the older list members can educate me. What did you all
do before mobile phones?
Dave (I'm being sarcastic)
We had a life.
Kenneth Waller
(Trying to be equally sarcastic) ;-)
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From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT Is returning a
On 09/01/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe some of the older list members can educate me. What did you all
do before mobile phones?
How did you manage not being in contact with all and sundry 24/7?
Dave (I'm being sarcastic)
We didn't, and it was bliss!
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When in college, (university to non-Americans), the phone number in a
house I rented was commonly misdialed by people trying to contact a
local fast food, (fried chicken), place. We got calls all hours of the
day and night, much hilarity ensued, (for the chicken place as well when
those
On 09/01/07, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And when I was a nipper, our home phone number was very close to the
local time and temp number, so at times we'd report, at the tone, it
will be eleventy twelve o'clock, temperature 257 degrees. Beep.
LOL, must have been a lot of fun as a
On 09/01/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do nothing. Once your inbox is full, new message senders will receive a
message that theirs was unable to be delivered. If you don't have it
enabled, they should get the same message.
The trouble with that scenario is that most handsets
On 09/01/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm surprised. We're ex-directory as well, but honestly, nowhere near
two a day :-/
Quite a few years back my phone company stuffed its records and listed
one of my silent numbers, I only worked out what had happened when I
found my number using
There's no way this side of Hell that any of you guys will ever get my
phone number...
Scott Loveless wrote:
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or
landline.
Hmm. I seem to recall *one*
Maybe some of the older list members can educate me. What did you
all
do before mobile phones?
How did you manage not being in contact with all and sundry 24/7?
well, for one thing we would get all anxious and tied up in knots when
we were late for a date. For another, we would stand
I hate to tell you Doug...
Doug Franklin wrote:
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 08/01/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
phone number is one simple digit transposition away from
the local Blockbuster Video/DVD rental store.
mis-dialled by listeners attempting to dial
Doug Brewer wrote:
And when I was a nipper, our home phone number was very close to
the local time and temp number, so at times we'd report, at the
tone, it will be eleventy twelve o'clock, temperature 257 degrees.
Beep.
Not nearly radical enough. How about: At the tone, the time will be...
The pattern of Blockbuster misdials is quite interesting. A good
number of them presumably simply mis-dialed the number; after they
get our answering machine once that's it. But a significant number
redial the same wrong number immediately after hanging up; my guess
is that this is people
Mine was a department store years ago, people miss dialed to the office
I worked in. Can you imagine what 5 guys in their early 20's did with
those people. One moment I'll transfer you, please hold., Finance
department, your credit limit is now $100,000. etc. etc.
Norm
P. J. Alling wrote:
On 1/08/07 4:19 PM, Bob W, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
moaning or apologising
This is not to pick out Bob :-).
I am increasing seeing certain words spelt in a different way than (I
thought) I learned in school, and was thinking about asking somebody about
it. Suddenly, I thought why don't I ask
bob W wrote:
A few years ago for about 6 months I had a message on my answering
machine every Friday from some computer operators asking someone to
switch their modem on because they couldn't connect, and to call back
when ready. They never left a number to call back on (this was before
1471).
I
bob W wrote:
A few years ago for about 6 months I had a message on my answering
machine every Friday from some computer operators asking someone to
switch their modem on because they couldn't connect, and to call
back
when ready. They never left a number to call back on (this was
before
On 1/8/07, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 1/08/07 4:19 PM, Bob W, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
moaning or apologising
This is not to pick out Bob :-).
I am increasing seeing certain words spelt in a different way than (I
thought) I learned in school, and was thinking about asking
K.Takeshita wrote:
On 1/08/07 4:19 PM, Bob W, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
moaning or apologising
This is not to pick out Bob :-).
I am increasing seeing certain words spelt in a different way than (I
thought) I learned in school, and was thinking about asking somebody about
it. Suddenly, I
On 1/08/07 4:56 PM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the
schools teach correct english less and less).
Thanks Adam.
One more person to confirm this?
I learned English in Japan, where they taught U.K. English in school at
On 1/08/07 5:01 PM, Scott Loveless, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Apologize, etc., is the U.S. spelling.
Apologise, etc., is an incorrect spelling used by the rest of the
English speaking world. HTH. ;-)
Thanks, Scott and Bob.
Now I've got it.
Perhaps I will use these spellings case by case.
The conquest of Canada slowly proceeds.
Adam Maas wrote:
K.Takeshita wrote:
On 1/08/07 4:19 PM, Bob W, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
moaning or apologising
This is not to pick out Bob :-).
I am increasing seeing certain words spelt in a different way than (I
thought) I learned
On 8/1/07, K.Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed:
Apologize
Sympathize
Realize
Recognize
And so on, while people use
Apologise
Sympathise
Realise
Recognise
If it has a 'Z' in it, it was written by someone who likely paints a
flag on their fence :-)
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On Jan 8, 2007, at 1:48 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Quoting graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hey, when I was growing up we did not even use the phone to call our
neighbors, it was cheaper to walk down the street.
Oh, your lucky to have a street.We had to walk to school in the sewer
pipes.:-)
On 1/08/07 5:44 PM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If it has a 'Z' in it, it was written by someone who likely paints a
flag on their fence :-)
LOL :-))
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Adam Maas wrote:
[...]
The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the
schools teach correct english less and less).
-Adam
Oh?
[C]orrect English, you say?
H.
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Your asking ME.
You must not read my posts Ken.
LOL
Dave
Quoting K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 1/08/07 4:19 PM, Bob W, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
moaning or apologising
This is not to pick out Bob :-).
I am increasing seeing certain words spelt in a different way than (I
thought) I
We don't need Hell. We got Norm.:-)
Dave
Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
There's no way this side of Hell that any of you guys will ever get my
phone number...
Scott Loveless wrote:
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer
keith_w wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
[...]
The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the
schools teach correct english less and less).
-Adam
Oh?
[C]orrect English, you say?
H.
keith whaley
Yes, as defined by the OED, not by Websters. Correct Canadian
K.Takeshita wrote:
But if S is correct, then I have to mind to switch to S.
Both are correct, though the folks that use the other way are likely to
look at you funny if you spell it one way.
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Adam Maas wrote:
The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the
schools teach correct english less and less).
Not sure what correct means in this case. I am lead to believe that
the American spelling is closer to the original spelling of the words.
On 1/08/07 6:21 PM, Doug Franklin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But if S is correct, then I have to mind to switch to S.
Both are correct, though the folks that use the other way are likely to
look at you funny if you spell it one way.
Actually, this was what concerned me. I have no problem
K.Takeshita wrote:
I certainly wish to use correct spelling but this is probably not a matter
of correctness per se.
On the Internet, there's not any correct spelling for stuff like s
vs z, -or vs -our, etc. :-) Pretty true, though, in an
international venue like this. Use whatever you're
Adam Maas wrote:
keith_w wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
[...]
The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the
schools teach correct english less and less).
-Adam
Oh?
[C]orrect English, you say?
H.
keith whaley
Yes, as defined by the OED, not by Websters.
On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:06:02 -0500
K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 1/08/07 4:56 PM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the
schools teach correct english less and less).
Thanks Adam.
One more person to confirm
Some time ago, (late 1800's?) there was a spelling reform movement in
the U.K. Strangely, they got rid of the z's, but kept the ou's (as in
colour, honour, ...). In the U.S. such reforms never have a chance
because nobody knows how to spell in the first place.
Stan
On Jan 8, 2007, at 4:06 PM,
But we don't have to waste cell phone minutes - we can jsut YELL
ann
Norm Baugher wrote:
Nah Ann, we'll still call him.
Norm
ann sanfedele wrote:
Scott - This year he is going to be there :)
we can just go rattle his tent
ann
Scott Loveless wrote:
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL
I've never gotten that message... you see, I always answer the phone -as
long as I hear it ring.
ann
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 09/01/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do nothing. Once your inbox is full, new message senders will receive a
message that theirs was unable to be
The z is USA , the s is used by the Brits
ann (the Scrabble player, remember? )
K.Takeshita wrote:
On 1/08/07 4:19 PM, Bob W, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
moaning or apologising
This is not to pick out Bob :-).
I am increasing seeing certain words spelt in a different way than (I
too late :)
ann
P. J. Alling wrote:
There's no way this side of Hell that any of you guys will ever get my
phone number...
Scott Loveless wrote:
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile
On 1/08/07 10:30 PM, ann sanfedele, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The z is USA , the s is used by the Brits
ann (the Scrabble player, remember? )
Must be right!
Ken
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Hey! We invented the dictionary. That insured that we had a standardized
way to misspell the words.
Stan Halpin wrote:
Some time ago, (late 1800's?) there was a spelling reform movement in
the U.K. Strangely, they got rid of the z's, but kept the ou's (as in
colour, honour, ...). In the
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