Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!its63b!hwcs!zen!frank
From: frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Header spelling (was Re: New Map Files)
Message-ID: <796@zen.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 87 20:55:33 GMT
References: <8711241022.AA12529@RUTGERS.EDU> <21871@lll-tis.arpa> <3622@hoptoad.uucp> <1034@maynard.BSW.COM>
Reply-To: frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales)
Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England
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In article <1034@maynard.BSW.COM> campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) writes:
>In article <3622@hoptoad.uucp> sunny@hoptoad.UUCP (Sunny Kirsten) writes:
><>My dictionary shows that superCedes and superSedes are aliases for
><>each other.
>
>You should get a new dictionary.  There is no `c' in supersede.

Is it significant that the only dictionary I own which *does* accept
both spellings is American (Websters)?  All my others are English, and
only list 'supersede'.

><>             Since this is typical of english, it will be typical
><>of those who speak english.  In acknowledgment of actual usage,
><>the software ought to accept BOTH spellings.  

If this is likely to be done, could the software *please* accept
"Organisation:" too?  Huh?  People?

>If you mean it's typical that English speakers don't know how to spell
>their own language, yes, this is true, but it is also unfortunate and
>not be encouraged.  (Apology to British readers -- I suspect most of the
>violence to English is done by Americans.)

If poor spelling were the only problem, I'd live with it; it's poor English
generally that annoys me.


Frank Wales, Company Speller,         [frank@zen.uucp<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank]
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