Re: Litre, liter (was Re: OT Marx Brothers)

On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 08:37, Stone Gordonssen wrote:
> >[1]: <liter>, like <modeling>, and <tire>==tyre is one of those American
> >spellings that people down under recognise as 'wrong'. No-one would
> >complain about an incorrect spelling such as <realize> or <color>.
>
> Funny. Before joining this list, I'd never even considered judging such
> differences between American, British and Australian English as "wrong".
Sorry, you misunderstood me. They aren't perceived as American
spellings---they're perceived as wrong, as much as <thier> is wrong for
<their>. People aren't aware of the American spellings for these words,
so they exist no more than <thier>. <Realize> and <color> are known to
be Americanisms (even if the Brits can realize things, and we used to
have colors), and so they aren't thought of as spelling errors, but may
still be incorrect. They shouldn't get through in edited texts (unless,
of course, specifically requested or its the house style or something).

--
Tristan.

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