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Re: center/centre
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:24:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
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> Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
> news:38333156.32B5ACF7@voyager.net...
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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
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> 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.
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 corny version of "It's a small world after all"*
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> Sanjay
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> (1) Some Americans are quite nice looking...like.....ummm.....Mickey
> Mouse
Yeah, he's a famous American celebrity!
> ........<scratches head>....the woman who stars on American TV show
> .......you know.....with the long hair and ....ears
You mean....er...that show.....Fiends?...no.....I know!...I think it's Single
White Female Lawyer Show!
> .........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....... ;)
Um.....is that the one when the woman sells the product...and then looks at it?
Yeah that's the one.....I think I've seen that....
American TV, is there anything it can't do? ;-)
Erin
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Even minifigs need a vacation.
Seaborn Brick delayed cuz of a sudden Brick shortage.
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| Erin Windross <dwindross@pacificcoast.net> wrote in message news:FLDAH3.BFr@lugnet.com... (...) Single (...) umm...<rubs chin>...can't say I've seen that one.....is it the one with the guy with the trousers....and the woman who wears makeup?...come (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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