Computing and Politics

[James Knott]

James Knott wrote:
> Fraser Campbell wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday 30 March 2004 08:36, SRB wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Another thing we should try to protect is our language. "Favor" and
>>> "neighbor" are not properly spelled in Marcus' message (unless you 
>>> are from
>>> the USA). This is sometimes the most annoying influence of 
>>> Americanism that
>>> is ever pervasive in our culture.
>>
>>
>>
>> English is a bastard language.  Shouldn't we spell it naybur and 
>> fayver (according to most pronunciations anyway ;-)
>>
> 
> Many of the American pronunciations are the "original" versions, which 
> were around before current British usage.

Sorry, I meant spellings.

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