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Re: center/centre
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:51:02 GMT
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote:
> The word "tremor" would look pretty stupid if it was spelt "termor",
> likewise the word "tremendous" would looks equally stupid if spelt
> "termendous"
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> Then again "termite" would look a whole lot better if it was spelt "tremite"
> and "terminator" would look and sound more fearsome if spelt "treminator"
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> Sanjay "the Treminator" D'Souza ;)
Well, that's why centre looks stupid to us Ugly Americans. we pronounce
it Cen-TER rather then Cen-TRAY... so the "tre" spelling doesn't look
quite right to our eyes
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| Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:38333156.32B5AC...ger.net... (...) Here down under we pronounce centre as you Ugly Americans (1) do. It's doesn't look as it sounds but I suppose people have gotten used to it. Sanjay (1) Some (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:38330ABE.FD672E...est.net... (...) Aww...come on John ;-) The word "tremor" would look pretty stupid if it was spelt "termor", likewise the word "tremendous" would looks equally stupid if spelt (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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