Here is a link to a number of other commonly used words with different spellings depending on whether you are using the American or English spelling.
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/american.html One thing that puzzles me is why the members of this list are ignoring the Canadian spellings of each of these words. M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Aluminum was going to make a snappy retort but too lazy :-) > > > now, we just have to correct their spelling of words > > > like color, get them to take out all the extra letters > > > > Catalogue? Really who needs a "ue" at the end? > > I prefer to think of it like this; > "I'm too lazy to type/write all of those annoying letters, I know, let's > leave some off and make it easier to write" > <g> > > It's why America is commonly known as the US, it's for the lazy people > who don't want to type the whole world <g> > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > www.aspmedia.co.uk > www.aspevents.net > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
