That be sounding good to me! :-) -- Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:53 AM
Subject: [USMA:34619] Re: spelling
The use of -er in US spelling is not universal. I often see place names
with the spelling centre instead of center and theatre instead of theater.
Places using the spelling centre tend to be more ritzy and chic and
theatre tends to refer to live productions, whereas theater is used more
with movies.
So why can't we have both spellings in the US? We need to quit trying to
lower the bar,
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Jakuba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 2005-09-24 08:10
Subject: [USMA:34618] Re: spelling
Concerning the unique feature of the English language - spelling, the
re/er
issue will apparently never die. Perhaps it will help to move this forum
to
other topics if I attach a treatise I wrote to end this discussion with a
certain American committee.
Stan Jakuba
http://metric1.net/sijakub
