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From: wnp@iiasa.ac.at (wolf paul)
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Subject: Re: American to English spelling
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Date: 20 Nov 90 17:00:08 GMT
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In article <1990Nov19.162432.10773@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
)In article <662@riegel.prosys.se> ath@prosys.se (Anders Thulin) writes:
)>I tried to point my remark the other way. There is a group of islands
)>outside the coast of France, where, rumor has it, use of the '-ize'
)>form is taken to be a particularly uncivilized and benighted mode...
)
)Ah, but they're not islands any more, at least the main one isn't.  There
)is now a dry-land connection to France.  So the Academie Francaise will
>straighten them out. :-) :-) :-)

Ah, but the dry-land connection is only about 5 cm wide so far. So how
much good is that going to do, pour le moment?
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