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Date:      Sun, 3 Dec 2000 14:39:52 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        James Wilde <james.wilde@telia.com>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Erik Rothwell <erothwell@callgtn.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Britishisms (Was: Pronunciations)
Message-ID:  <20001203143952.B1431@buffy.local>
In-Reply-To: <002c01c05d14$c5383c60$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net>; from james.wilde@telia.com on Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 11:35:35AM %2B0100
References:  <14889.24987.995695.443566@guru.mired.org> <002c01c05d14$c5383c60$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net>

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On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 11:35:35AM +0100, James Wilde wrote:
> > My favorite britishism is technic, which in american english is
> > spelled technique. I quite happily adopted the british spelling of
> > that one.
> 
No such spelling old boy !

> Good God, when did the brits start misspelling technique in that way?  I
> didn't think I'd been in exile *that* long!
> 
> mvh/regards
> 
> James (from Sweden)
> 
> 
> 
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