American vs the Queen's English perhaps? besides every knows that Americans can spell even the most simple words like colour or favour.
larry On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:36:38 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can somebody find a nice online resource on the differences in these two > words? I have tried Google and Dictionary.com and I get the basic > definitions indicating they are basically the same, but nothing more. I > would like to know a bit more about the origins of each form as well as when > and where one might be used over the other. > > This came up today, when I learned that Firefox is perfectly happy with CSS > declarations such as "background-color: grey" or "background-color: gray" but > that IE only recognizes "gray". When discussing this within my department, I > am the only one that has heard that "grey" is more then a misspelling. It is > isn't it, or is it a case where it is so often misspelled that it has become > an unofficial alternate. > > That's what I was looking for from Google and other resources. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Stay Ahead of Hackers - Download ZoneAlarm Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=65 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151480 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
