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Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle

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On Oct 11, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:26:43 +0100, duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid>
> declaimed the following:
> 
> 
>> The media have their own quirks when it comes to English. The BBC
>> regularly use "top of" / "bottom of" in the sense of "start of" / "end
>> of", but I don't know any British people who would (currently) use that
>> in conversation. (This only started a few years ago, and the first time
>> I heard it I had to work out what it meant from context.)
>> 
> 
> 	That usage I think is ancient... I'm sure I've heard it back when there
> was a reasonable BBC World Service (along with VOA, Radio Netherlands, and
> etc. running on Short Wave"...
> 
> 	Top of the Hour…

Of course, musicians have used it for years, as in “Take it from the top.”

And (with reference to the earlier discussion), just because something is specified in the Oxford English Dictionary, doesn’t mean it is universally approved of.  Take the “Oxford Comma” for example.

-Bill

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  Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-09 12:29 +1100
    [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-09 18:43 +0100
      Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-09 19:24 +0100
        Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 06:53 +1100
          Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-09 23:48 +0300
            Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-10 17:31 +0000
              Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 22:01 +0300
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-10 20:05 +0000
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-10-11 11:37 +0200
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-11 12:45 +0100
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-11 16:26 +0100
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-11 15:20 -0400
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-10-11 15:55 -0400
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-12 00:40 +0100
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle giacomo boffi <pecore@pascolo.net> - 2014-10-18 09:06 +0200
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Simon Ward <simon+python@bleah.co.uk> - 2014-10-11 15:45 +0100
        Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle "Neil D. Cerutti" <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-10-10 10:46 -0400
        Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-10 18:45 +0100
      Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-09 18:53 -0400
        Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:11 +1100
          Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 13:08 +0300
            Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 21:40 +1100
              Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 13:51 +0300
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 22:50 +1100
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-10 20:19 -0400
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-11 13:33 +0300
                Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-11 22:03 +1100
      Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 10:21 +1100
      Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 17:52 +1100
        Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 18:04 +1100
      Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-10 18:38 +0100
  Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-09 02:25 +0100
  Re:Toggle Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-10-08 21:24 -0400
  Re: Toggle Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-10-09 12:42 +1100
    Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 19:34 -0700
      Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-09 04:56 +0000
        Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:39 -0700
          Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 16:55 +1100
          Re: Toggle Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-10-09 09:51 +0200
            Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 05:42 -0700
              Re: Toggle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-09 16:57 -0400
          Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:18 +1100
            Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 07:24 -0700
              Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 07:28 -0700
                Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-11 01:36 +1100
      Re: Toggle Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 10:07 -0600
        Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 09:33 -0700
          Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:15 +1100
  Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-09 04:02 +0100
  Re: Toggle random832@fastmail.us - 2014-10-08 23:54 -0400
  Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 14:57 +1100
  Re: Toggle Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-10-09 17:57 +1300
    Re: Toggle Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:38 -0700
    Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-09 15:23 +0000
      Re: Toggle Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2014-10-12 18:38 +0000
        Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 05:43 +1100
          Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-13 08:09 +0000
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