on 20/3/02 12:50 AM, Tim H. at tekphobia@ATTBI.COM wrote:

Hi Tim,

> I apologize if I came across as sounding like I'm teaching. I was just
> pointing out the fact that there ARE different ways to spell certain
> words. It's actually kind of interesting!

No apology necessary Tim. Just trying to get a little back for all the
Aussie bashing that went on a few weeks ago! :-)

I too find it interesting. Happens everywhere. I learnt Chinese (Mandarin)
living in Taiwan and you would be surprised (well, I was) at how many
differences there are to Mainland China after only 50 or so years! Some
everyday common items have completely different names and I am told that I
use certain expressions that are no longer used in the mainland - they were
simply in vogue in the 40's and came across to Taiwan and stuck.

In Australia we use certain old English words that are no longer in use in
the average British vocbulary. I have heard that the Quebecois (sp?) speak
more 'correct' (original) French than they do in Paris - that is of course
the opinion of the Quebecois! :-)

More than 200 years separates most English speaking colonies, so I guess
it's only due to technology that we can still understand each other at all!

Cheers,

Sean

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics
(like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics