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Re: center/centre
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Date: 
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 23:42:21 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
news:38333156.32B5ACF7@voyager.net...

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

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 Americans are quite nice looking...like.....ummm.....Mickey
Mouse........<scratches head>....the woman who stars on American TV show
.......you know.....with the long hair and ....ears.........oh.....not to
mention...the woman who stars in that commerical.......which screens
inbetween TV programs......the woman who has a nice pair
of........eyes.......   ;)



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  Re: center/centre
 
(...) Up here in Canada (I guess you could call us Up Over) we spell it both ways, but I prefer to spell it centre. But it doesn't matter how we spell or pronounce centre/center, as long as the world has peace we will all be happy! *breaks into a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) 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 (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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