Re: WOT: "Correct" English
On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 06:21:43PM -0500 or thereabouts, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:35:13PM -0500, Allister MacLeod wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 10:12:05AM -0800, Rob Reid wrote:
> > > G'day, eh,
> > > Sheesh. All I did was object to the OP (inadvertantly, I think)
> >
> > "inadvertently" :-P
> >
> > > > and "grey" over "gray".
> > > That's regional? My experience has been that grey tends to be used more
> > > for
> > > lighter and/or cooler shades, and gray for darker and/or warmer shades.
> > > For the ensuing gray/grey jihad, please try to keep it on topic by
> > > discussing
> > > it in terms of how it (and white and black) looks in your mutt terminal.
> >
> > Grey is a man's name. I often drink Earl Grey tea when using mutt.
>
> Time to drag out this old, but "wonderfule" chestnut:
>
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> Mark Twain
>
> Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
[snip good stuff]
> Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a
> lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spikingwerld.
>
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> Iu si? It just mait werk!
ROTFL
Excellent 'poverb'. If something doesn't make cents first off, it often does
with
umer.
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