From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/01/08 Mon PM 11:19:44 GMT
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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.
Bob
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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
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
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
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 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.
keith whaley
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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
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,
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
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
On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:30 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
The z is USA , the s is used by the Brits
ann (the Scrabble player, remember? )
Lucky sods... you get to use the 10-point letter :)
As far as I'm concerned, a word is legal if you can make up a
plausible-sounding definition.
- Dave
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