<<< Date Index >>>     <<< Thread Index >>>

Re: WOT: "Correct" English



On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 10:38:18PM +1030, David Purton wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 06:22:18PM -0500, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 04:32:40PM +1030, David Purton wrote:
> > 
> > > Even the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives both as valid
> > > variants.
> > 
> > Is that the American version, or the British version, just out of curiosity?
> 
> English version

Well, all that tells us is that in England, they've finally given up
and allowed the other (gray, apparenly, would be the American Invasion).
The American Oxford, though, should tell us whether the British Invasion
was staved off here, or whether everybody's just given up on trying to
trace the origins of the two spellings regionally.

 - Dave

-- 
Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word processor?
It's simple, Skyler.  You've seen what food processors do to food, right?

Please visit this link:
http://rotter.net/israel

Attachment: pgpa9ggmSljLo.pgp
Description: PGP signature