Isn't -re actually French and not British? Didn't Britain take the French words into their own language, originally? The French word is m�tre, right?
Anyway, we should probably concentrate on getting metricated and not worry so much about spelling differences. American English is different from British English, period.
Barbara and/or Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
In a message dated 2002-09-06 19:59:34 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> American language is more -er then british -re.
> For me meter makes more sense.
Why?
Why does it make more sense?
Regards, Bill Hooper
retired physics professor, Florida, USA
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