Re: [LUG] OT: Spelling religious war flamebait

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/12/12 08:43, Philip Hudson wrote:
> On 7 Dec, 2012, at 3:42 pm, Simon Avery wrote:
>
> > [1]  American spelling of american word.
>
> American spelling for all words. You know it makes sense! (And UK 
> spelling doesn't)
>
> UK date ordering FTW! What don't you Yanks understand about orders of 
> magnitude?
>
> --
> Phil Hudson                  http://hudson-it.no-ip.biz
> @UWascalWabbit                 PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63
Using mercan spelling makes as much sense as using 3 for pi. It might be 
'easier' but achieves nothing of use to anyone. In twenty years time do 
we change all spelling again because we are ruled from China and we have 
to adapt our spelling to their accent?
Tom te tom te tom


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