On Jun 15, 2006, at 4:27 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 15 Jun 2006, at 6:47AM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
William wrote:
Voila / viola
Rogue / rouge
Lose / loose
Fluorescent / flourescent
Atheist / athiest
Hobbyist / hobbiest
Ballot / ballet
Customers / costumers
Tack / tact
Bated / baited
Anal/anil
I don't think the collapse of Western civilisation is a laughing
matter.
Do you mean "civilization", or have I missed your British accent in
other posts?
I notice that you only reacted thus after Anil's name came up. What's
your problem with Anil? He's a damned fine engineer, even if he does
have trouble pronouncing certain letters in English. Do you have a
problem with our friends from the Subcontinent?
Or maybe it was Anal. Do you have a problem in that area (not that I
am inviting you to overshare, mind you)?
As the one whose/who's incorrect word choice triggered this tack/tact
of this particular thread, I'm not really in a position to speak
against a desire for proper grammar/grammer, but the collapse of
Western civilization?
Language is a liquid.
Dave
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