Re: [SLE] friendly English lesson

From: Doug McGarrett (dmcgarrett_at_optonline.net)
Date: 09/11/05

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    Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:13:02 -0400
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    Hello, all--

    Well, I suppose that I am the person to be put in jail for
    starting this thread. I have to add this:

    We drive on the parkway,

    and we

    park in the driveway.

    I didn't invent this, unfortunately, but I can't credit
    whoever did.

    At 09:05 PM 9/10/2005 -0400, elefino wrote:
    >Content-Disposition: inline
    >
    >On Thursday 08 September 2005 07:49, Kevanf1 wrote:
    >[...]
    >> > > Plus its vs it's, as well as its' (yes, I've seen that one, too).
    >> >
    >> > Homophones are horrible aren't they?
    >> >
    >> > --
    >> >
    >> > See Ya'
    >> > Howard Coles Jr.
    >> > John 3:16!
    >> >
    >> > --
    >>
    >> It gets worse when you look at spellings. Color in the US is the same
    >> as colour in the UK. There are others....
    >
    >Try being Canadian.
    >We grow up learning mostly Brit spelling in school (though most of
    >the magazines and books that we read are American), then we get
    >jobs and have to switch to American spellings for all correspondence
    >because most of our employers are owned by American companies,
    >or most of our biggest customers are American.
    >
    >So, when we install SuSE and YaST asks which language and which keyboard...
    >there's always a moment of panic. A 'Canadian' keyboard includes the
    >French accents but, in order to do so, misplaces half a dozen punctuation
    >marks... but then puts all the French stuff in places that
    >French-from-France people would never think to look. (Now, where DID I
    >put that cedilla?)
    >
    >
    >But it's still 'zed', not 'zeeee'. :-)
    >
    >
    >Kevin (which must be the Canadian spelling of 'Kevan'?) ;->
    >
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