Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:08:41 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030416110841.GA57521@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030416014930.G57044@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> References: <3E9C2965.5080504@potentialtech.com> <5.0.2.1.1.20030415203820.01dd56a8@popserver.sfu.ca> <200304151557.28415.jeff@walters.name> <20030416014930.G57044@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz>
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 01:58:59AM +0100, William Palfreman wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Jeff Walters wrote: > > > Yeah, but you guys (assuming you're from Britain) spell it colour and not > > color. What gives? :) > > Because that's how it's pronounced. English often has more distinctive > vowel sounds than American English. We say it like col'er, you people > say coll-or. Remember that for us, "Marry merry Mary" are three words > that actually sound different :-) Yeah, and don't get me started on "aluminium" ;) Ceri --
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