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Re: Gray or Grey?
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Date: 
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:46:58 GMT
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Peter Callaway wrote:
The first time I ever used my Microsoft spell checker I had to "educate" it
with a few "correct" spellings. Nice one Billy-boy, but it was the *least* of
my problems with his marvelous products (typing this post after our work NT
server has gone down for the second time THIS MONTH!! - Time to sack the IT
manager I think!!)

These days I think you can get a British English dictionary for MS
products, or it may be a configuration selection. MS doesn't like my
spelling also, though switching wouldn't work since I use a mixture of
spellings.

--
Frank Filz

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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com



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  Re: Gray or Grey?
 
(...) The English (and I would argue correct, but I'm an Aussie ;) spelling is "grey", although I went to school with a guy called Peter Gray. Whatever makes you comfortable. I agree it is a grey area (watch out for the .pun police!!), like (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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