* On 2011 02 Oct 07:59 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > Similarly, center is the > American spelling and centre is the British spelling. Same word, > same meaning. How the spelling differences came about I have no > idea.
I always though the 're' instead of an 'er' was a French thing. Only within the past few weeks have I learned that the Brits claim the credit/accept the blame for that one. ;-) - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111002145152.gc21...@n0nb.us
