Wise all yuz wukin yeselfs ta a craze bout de alphabit ting? Favour, favor,
faver -- theys all rite! Flaxibillaty iz peremouth in todaze wurld. Cant
weeze all git alang?

Shawn (or Sean, or Shaun, etc, etc........)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spehro Pefhany" <speff@INTERLOG.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: My gratitude to all... Newbie is progressing !


> At 07:53 PM 3/19/02 +1100, you wrote:
>
> >His statement was;
> > > Certainly, everyone here is NOT in favo[u]r of that *spelling* of it.
>
> Yes.
>
> >Why do we need to go on forever? Spehro's comment was that the guy's
> >spelling was not correct. On the contrary, his spelling was the most
correct
> >it could be, as it is the original (unadulterated) spelling of the word
> >colour.
>
> The "it" above was a reference to the use of "hobbiest", which is NOT a
> correct spelling of "hobbyist" anywhere in the English-speaking world.
> Anyone claiming otherwise should provide an authoritative cite.
> It is not in the Oxford English Dictionary, the American Heritage
> dictionary, nor in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate dictionary.
>
> I did provide the optional 'u' above to be inclusive of both people of
> the Southern mainland and the other regions such as the frozen Northern
> hinterland, the fog-bound Eastern islands and the Antipodian island
> portions of the English-speaking world. ;-)
>
> >I thought this was a PIC List - not a "Teach the world American Spelling"
> >list.
>
> PICs, like all computers, tend to do just what they are told. I think
> most good programmers are a bit anal-retentive about details. There
> are regional variations, as have already been mentioned, and there is
> just "wrong". The PIC won't guess what you meant, it will just do as it
> is told, exactly (hardware problems aside).
>
> The English rules are not applicable to people who don't have English as a
> first language, it must be extremely difficult, as it confuses even us
> native speakers from time to time.
>
> According to Google, hobbyist is misspelt on the web this way about 7%
> of the time. The worst word I've found is actually more often misspelt
> (or misspelled) on the web than it is spelled correctly!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the
reward"
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> 9/11 United we Stand
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