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From: pardoej@lonnds.ml.com (Julian Pardoe LADS LDN X1428)
Subject: Re: Single European Language
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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 14:39:06 GMT
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In article <803253216snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk>, Phil Hunt <philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk> writes:
>I work in the computer industry and IIRC I have never come across any 
>terminology which is different between the USA and Britain, except
>differences in spelling such as "disc"/"disk".

I hate this!!  The English spelling of the word is "disk"!  "Disc" is a horrible,
effete, Frenchified spelling used by people so desperate not to use "American"
spellings that they forget their own language -- and yet most of them probably
don't know know to spell "fount".  And worst of all is the way everyone thinks
that "-ize" is American and "-ise" English.  In this case these silly Americano-
phobes are being fooled by the American suppliers of spelling checkers who
are under the same misapprehension, but at least have some excuse for their
ignorance.

I hope that's controversial enough!!

Let's hear it for "rooves" and "learnt".  That's what I say so that's what I write!

-- jP --


