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From: lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: American to English spelling
Message-ID: <218@tivoli.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 90 16:29:41 GMT
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Reply-To: lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman)
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I do not consider "gaol" to be incorrect in American English - only rare 
and archaic.  American English is not a subset of British English (nor is 
the reverse true).

Issues of vocabulary and slang are always going to be handled poorly (if at all)
by a spelling checker.  On the other hand, spelling conventions (for example:
colorize/colourise - has colourise made it to England yet?) are easily 
detected. 

-lar

Does your American dictionary list "gaol"?  Case closed...

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