...BTW it may be the Australian Labor Party, but labour as a word describing work is still spelt properly :-)
Dave On 5/29/05, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day John, > > The odd word here and there but mostly we follow the British example. > > Dave > > On 5/29/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought the world of Oz had adopted American spelling. The Australian > > Labor (sic) Party certainly has. > > > > John > > > > On Sat, 28 May 2005 19:07:00 +0100, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > G'day Eleanor, > > > > > > Wading into this thread blindly... > > > > > > To pick you up on your first two examples of the different spellings > > > of words. In these parts they are not just spelling variations, those > > > words have vastly different meanings. > > > > > > If I were to read the sentence "I need to cheque the tires on my car", > > > I think "what the..." > > > > > > cheque: What I hope to get from the tax man > > > > > > check: What you should do to make sure your camera isn't set to ISO > > > 3200 when shooting macro > > > > > > tire: what happens to some people in the Pentax v's Canon upgrade path > > > threads > > > > > > tyre: round black rubber thingies on your car/bike/truck(lorry) > > > > > > Honestly though, I don't care how other parts of the English speaking > > > world spell things. What does get up my nose is when I'm using a piece > > > of software that has a spell checker and it tells me I'm spelling > > > "centre" , "colour" or various other words wrong. > > > > > > And that's all I have to say about that :-) > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/28/05, E.R.N. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > By "spelling" I mean cheque vs. check, tire vs. tyre, and is there a "u" > > >> in colour, honour, armour, etc., and where do you put the R in centre? > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 27/05/2005 > > > > >
