RE: Off-Topic Rant on ./, KDE, et al. (was: Re: CD-ROM drive)

[Scott Stone <SStone@example.com>]

no, the spellings aren't anti-american per se, but most of the people that i
know that insist on using the extraneous "U" and such, ARE anti-american.
but I dont think it's cause-and-effect.  And I dont think that any of the
people on this LIST are anti-american, I'm talking about other people that i
know.  Most of which are people that I play everquest with.  But they're a
weird lot anyway.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Glover [mailto:jmglov@example.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:10 PM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: RE: Off-Topic Rant on ./, KDE, et al. (was: Re: CD-ROM drive)


Quoting Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>:

>>> and as for Noah Webster, well, ... I don't care. 
>>> I just don't like typing "u" where I don't have to.  
>>> dont want to wear out my right index finger
>>> unneccessarily early, you know.
> 
> No-one forces you to do that. Just don't accuse those of 
> us who go on spelling the way we always have of anti-
> American practices.

As an American who prefers the British (or, according to 
me, at least, correct) English spellings, I can assure you 
that there is nothing anti- or even un-American about 
spelling according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Noah 
Webster's arbitrary decision is supported by some, ignored 
by others, and actually disliked by some (me), but his 
spellings have become one standard for English spelling, 
one that is usually used by Americans. Compare this to the 
emacs vs. vi, Gnome vs. KDE, or FSF vs. OSI debates. Both 
choices do the same things, both are valid, both are 
preferred by some people and detested by others. In short, 
chose a spelling standard and apply it consistantly.


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Josh Glover
jmglov@example.com
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