Having been exposed to Oriental languages, which are often governed by inflection (my opinion...), English with the same pronunciation for varied spellings is much harder to pick up. I was teaching spoken English to Korean college students and those occurrences, plus many abstract ideas, gave them the most issues. I found out last night that my computer Scrabble accepts both American and British spellings of words - organization, organisation.
Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford & Company PH: 770 621 3256 "If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin." ? Ivan Turgenev John Mattson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 26-06-06 11:32 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Mainframe Limericks... >There's no doubt that English has been enriched through global ownership. However, not only spelling differences but also ambiguity is a pain in the fanny. ------------------------ Which is why god invented the OED (Oxford English Dictionary). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
