Re: Converting American English to British English

Subject: Re: Converting American English to British English
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:22:23 -0800

From my reading this morning:

"He asked, surprised, What was wrong with his spelling. She said, Anyone who would spell Labor Department with a u - He said, quickly, defensively, That was the way all British countries spelled it. She asked, with the u before the o?"
-Avram Davidson, "A Far Countrie," Limekiller

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Re: Converting American English to British English: From: David Neeley

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