Re: Label colouring

From	Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>
Subject	Re: Label colouring
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
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Date	2012-04-17 19:38 +0200
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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:48:55 -0400, Davoud wrote:

> Jamie Kahn Genet:
>> >I don't get why the US felt it had to dumb down English *shrug*
> 
> /Colour/ is not smartened-up English. It is a relic of the days when
> French was the language of the English royal court.
> 
> The result of natural changes in the language is that the word now has
> two English spellings: /color/ and /colour/ .
> 
> 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."



-- 
Paul Sture

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  Re: Label colouring nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-14 09:34 -0400
    Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-15 02:21 +1000
  Re: Label colouring Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2012-04-14 14:45 +0100
    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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