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From: philip@nmt.edu (Philip Bernick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: (yet another) Amiga 2000 system for sale
Message-ID: <1990Sep21.030722.10390@nmt.edu>
Date: 21 Sep 90 03:07:22 GMT
References: <31026@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <5569@munnari.oz.au>
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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In article <5569@munnari.oz.au> you write:
>
>  I am just inquiring as to why you American's are so non-standard. 
>  For example,you spell words different than the rest of the English language.
>
>  eg.    English			American
>	 grey				 gray
>	 colour				 color
>	 jewellery			 jewelery

Actually, we spell this word "jewelry", and the others are a result of
not wanting to waste letters...  We North Americans are so frugal...
>	 honour				 honor
>	  ono (or nearest offer)	  obo (or best offer)
>
>  just to name a few. Why on Earth do you spell them like you do?
>

-- I think teaching english as a second language is fun...

>_______________________________________________________________________
>Alex Krooglik					krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au
>University of Melbourne	
>Melbourne, Australia.


-- 
Philip