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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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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde =
Hollinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Open Forum for Piano Technicians</A> =
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<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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