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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Monsieur: La plume de ma tante est sur =
la bureau de
mon oncle. La plume? Non, le stylo. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Frankly, we like to eat frogs sauteed =
in butter
& milk. With syrup. We call it French Toads. Or was it Flange
Toads?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=collin.s@skynet.be =
href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">Stéphane
Collin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=cedel@supernet.com
href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">cedel@supernet.com</A> ; <A
title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Open Forum =
for Piano
Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 10, =
2002 8:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Re: OT -
humour</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You all definetly need something =
like, for french
people, the "Académie Française", telling the world what is =
correct in french
and what is not, so everybody knows exactly what is correct saying and =
spelling, even if nobody cares.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(de l'Académie =
Française)</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
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href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde
Hollinger</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Open Forum for Piano =
Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 10, =
2002 1:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] OT - =
humour</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Tony,
<P>In Australia no doubt you are correct, but English as used on the =
American continent differs in some details with English in England, =
which I
presume is closer to what you have on your continent.
<P>My dictionary lists "humour" and says nothing more about it than =
"chiefly
Brit. <FONT size=-1>HUMOR</FONT>." To get the ten =
definitions you have
the look up the spelling usually used here. Also, "spelled" =
would be
more common than "spelt." "Grey" is more British than "gray," =
but here
we use them interchangeably. Not right or wrong, just =
different.
<P>Yes, I know, this has nothing to do with pianos. Sorry, but =
you
started it! <G>
<P>Yours for greater international understanding, <BR>Clyde =
Hollinger
<P>Tony Caught wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE">And humor is spelt
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