Don Pearce wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:10:56 GMT, Randy Yates wrote:
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>>Don Pearce <[email protected]> writes:
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>>>On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:57:47 GMT, Randy Yates wrote:
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>>>>Don Pearce <[email protected]> writes:
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>>>>>On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 06:41:56 -0700, Richard Crowley wrote:
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>>>>>>"Jon Harris" wrote ...
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>>>>>>>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.
>>
>>Yes, I suppose that's correct if you insist your viewpoint is the
>>authoritative one.
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> Well, certainly original. I think we have to agree that a variant is that
> which came after - not before.

That would make ME a variant of OE, and British English a variant of ME.


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