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From: horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne)
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Subject: Re: American to English spelling
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Date: 10 Nov 90 05:15:26 GMT
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In article <5727@alpha.cam.nist.gov> koontz@cam.nist.gov (John E. Koontz X5180) writes:
>In article <2402@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill) writes:
>>Does anybody have an editor script to convert American spelling
>>(localize, color) to English spelling (localise, colour)?  I'd use
>>the term British instead of English, except that English spelling
>>is also the norm in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
>
>Actually, I've been given to understand that Canadian spelling has some  
>American elements.  

Yes, it does.  See, among other books, _The Story of English_ (and accompanying
BBC television series).

However, I just saw `programme' in reference to a computer program in a USENET
article which came from Canada.  What could this be, other than a misspelling?
`Program' meaning `computer program' is the standard spelling everywhere;
`programme' is the English/non-American spelling for the word in all its other
uses.

By the way, I'd like to apologise for the article I posted yesterday.  The
remark about "the rest of the literate world" or whatever was both unnecessary
and inaccurate.  Guess I'm overzealous with my pro-"correct"-spelling
propaganda....

					--Scott

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