Oh, I see. Completely different words then. :-)
John
On Sat, 28 May 2005 19:29:07 +0100, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
...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>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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