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Date: | Fri, 3 Dec 1999 18:48:34 +1300 |
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>Could be an English Dictionary vs American Dictionary thing. For example a lot
>of us Canadians use the English spellings of many words (example - Color vs
>Colour, Check vs Cheque, Centre vs Center) There are other English words where
>we use the American spelling such as Tire vs Tyre. If someone has an English
>Dictionary vs an American one maybe they could shed some light.
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>Nora
>Calgary, AB
>CANADA
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>"Monfils, Paul" wrote:
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>> Andrew,
>> I think you are suffering from a case of taxonomia! The oldest name is the
To at least some extent it IS a British vs US thing. In most British
Commonwealth countries a c is used instead of a k.
I'm a bit of an intergrade, using the British spelling for some things
(mollusc, disc) and Germanic for others eg color etc.
Andrew G
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