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Re: Label colouring

From Davoud <star@sky.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Label colouring
Date 2012-04-17 18:22 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <170420121822177682%star@sky.net> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <fmoore-C85AB7.11531814042012@news.eternal-september.org> <1kinrar.jh0swuoam1dsN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <4f8c3aac$0$16141$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <160420121648550785%star@sky.net> <tcm069-7v3.ln1@news.sture.ch>

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Paul Sture:
> > Because no one in the Commonwealth or whose spelling of English is
> > influenced by British English is going to drop the /u/ and no one who is
> > influenced by American English is going to add it, and since the two
> > words are mutually intelligible, it makes sense to get over it and get
> > on with life.
> 
> Except for programming where we British English speaking folks have to 
> adapt and use the established convention.
> 
> We are all allowed to hate "referer" in Apache log files of course :-)
> 
> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/referer>
> 
> "Common misspelling of referrer."

Referer is a misspelling in all varieties of English. Apache logs are
the product of geeks, Unix geeks no less. There goes the neighborhood.

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

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  Re: Label colouring nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-14 09:34 -0400
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    Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-15 02:38 +1000
  Re: Label colouring Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-14 07:48 -0700
  Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-14 11:53 -0400
    Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-14 08:55 -0700
      Re: Label colouring "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2012-04-15 19:45 +0000
    Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-15 02:42 +1000
    Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-16 18:57 +1200
      Re: Label colouring George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-16 10:09 -0500
      Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-16 15:28 +0000
        Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-16 16:48 -0400
          Re: Label colouring Tom Stiller <tom_stiller@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-16 17:11 -0400
            Re: Label colouring Joe Dee <joe@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-16 18:31 -0400
              Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 15:33 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-16 22:57 +0000
          Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 14:38 -0700
            Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-17 10:35 +1200
              Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 15:47 -0700
          Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-17 19:38 +0200
            Re: Label colouring HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-18 09:10 +1200
              Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-18 10:02 +1000
              Re: Label colouring Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-04-18 15:29 -0700
            Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-17 18:22 -0400
              Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-18 09:12 +0200
                Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-19 02:24 +1200
      Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-16 11:31 -0400
        Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-16 19:36 -0400
          Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 16:48 -0700
          Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-18 09:19 +0200
            Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-19 02:24 +1200
              Re: Label colouring Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-04-18 16:27 +0100
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 08:37 -0700
                Re: Label colouring "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2012-04-18 15:19 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 16:44 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-18 23:48 +0000
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 17:19 -0700
                Re: Label colouring JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-04-18 21:42 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-19 17:24 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-18 22:53 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 19:58 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-19 03:37 +0000
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-20 16:50 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-20 16:28 +0000
                Re: Label colouring JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-04-20 15:14 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-21 14:12 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2012-04-20 09:42 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-24 15:42 -0400
                Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-19 15:57 +1200
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-19 17:18 +0200
                Re: Label colouring TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2012-04-19 13:54 -0500
                Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-20 08:55 +1000
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-20 16:49 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-04-19 14:22 +0100
                Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-20 03:49 +1200
                Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-19 16:13 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 13:48 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-19 16:22 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-20 12:40 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-20 17:47 +0000
                Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-21 11:45 -0400
          Re: Label colouring Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 13:52 -0400
            Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-19 16:28 -0400
              Re: Label colouring Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 17:12 -0400
                Re: Label colouring nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-19 15:08 -0700
      Re: Label colouring Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-16 09:15 -0700
        Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-17 10:35 +1200
        Re: Label colouring paris2venice@gmail.com - 2012-04-17 15:31 -0700

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