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Re: going, going,
Posted By: Darien, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Thursday, April 1, 1999, at 14:43:49
In Reply To: Re: going, going, posted by enile on Thursday, April 1, 1999, at 06:53:41:

> > How do you spell "flavor?"
>
> flavour
>
> > How about "check?"
>
> cheque (unless it's on a tablecloth, in which case 'check' - and we use 'bank' instead of the original 'banque' for the place you cash your cheque ;)

> Oh, and centre, theatre, programme (except for computers?) et cetera.

Strangely enough, I have to agree with enile on all of those spellings, except for "programme" (I always spell it "program"), and I'm from Massachusetts. Go figure.

And, as far as I'm concerned, it's "cheque" if it's one of the monetary type, "check" if it's a pattern or a verb, and "Czech" if it's... well, you know what *that's* for.

> But when in Rome...

... write in Latin.

> ...and we swop most of those 'z's ("zeds") for s's.

Now here I have to disagree. I use zeds fairly frequently - well, whenever they're called for, anyway, which can't really be called frequently...

Dar "I've said it before and I'll say it again - MOOHOOHAHAHA!!!" ien