On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:57:47 GMT, Randy Yates wrote:

> Don Pearce <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 06:41:56 -0700, Richard Crowley wrote:
>>
>>> "Jon Harris" wrote ...
>>>> You may be correct, but common usage seems to be to use
>>>> acronym for either one. In fact, I've never heard of the word
>>>> initialism (and neither has the MS spell-checker).
>>>
>>> I prefer Merriam-Webster as an arbiter of language
>>> over the MS spell-checker. www.m-w.com Handy.
>>
>> No good. It can't spell colour.
>
> Huh? I get:
>
> Main Entry: col·our
> Pronunciation: 'k&-l&r
> chiefly British variant of COLOR

Exactly - we don't have variants, we have the correct spelling. I
understand there is an American variant, however.

Also the phonetic pronunciation is incorrect. The two vowel sounds are far
from the same.

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