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Re: The one already done

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 3, 2001, 5:13
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:07:44AM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Legalese uses correlative pairs in "-or" (never "-our") and "-ee" to > represent the two sides of a legal relationship. These words are common > to both sides of the Sundering Sea.
Yep. For some reason though, the State of Wisconsin's official spelling of "a person who is employed" is <employe>. -- Eric Christopherson, a.k.a. Contrarian Conlanger Rakko ^_^