Computing and Politics

[Hugh Reilly]

>>Many of the American pronunciations are the "original" versions, which 
>>were around before current British usage.

Actually, I just heard that the "American" spellings were created by Webster 
(of Webster's Dictionary fame) who was doing his patriotic duty in making 
the American spellings uniquely American to differentiate them from the 
British way... basically the same impetus that drives many of us to 
jealously guard our "Canadian" spellings.

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>Sorry, I meant spellings.
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