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(...) 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 17-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 (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Even worse "tremour";-) (...) ^^^^^^^^ As in "licence"? I'd kill for an explanation.... Neal, John Neal (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You do realize that the Americans are the only ones preserving one of our vital resourses, don't you? The rest of the english speaking countries are squandering their stock of the letter "u". One day, you'll all have to come to us to resupply (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not necessarily. The city of St. Paul, MN named its convention center "RiverCentre". To me it looks stupdi;-) (...) Yes:-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.town, Sanjay D'Souza writes: Cheers (...) Do Europeans spell it "centre" only when it's a place? Or is the dot in the middle of a circle the "centre" as well? Isn't it "metre" instead of "meter" in Europe as well? And if so, is it the same (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) They already are laughable. Those silly Starfleet crewpeople -- they have a computer they can *talk* to, and they spend all day punching *buttons* on hideously arcane virtual consoles. The best pilot interface for the Enterprise look (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, but I screwed up. I swapped the names of two Dinos, that one and kentrosaurus. *sigh* Anyways, Kentrosaurus had plates at the front, but they changed to spikes as they progressed along its back. Three New Challenges! Name the Four most (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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