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Re: USAGE: -i/yse vs -i/yze in England (and what the heck, NZ too).

From:Dan Jones <dan@...>
Date:Sunday, December 16, 2001, 21:20
James Campbell escreva:
>In the absence of an official English spelling reform, it seems that some >people are taking matters into their own hands. I offer as evidence the >following sign I saw yesterday in Dorset: > >HOLLY >MISTOEL >FOR SALE
Yeah, but tha be daarset far ya. I love it when my little cousin (who's 10 and has a Dorset accent so thick you could use it as a marmite substitute) spells in "dorset"- "arfter" is a classic. Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ semo la flamma, semo la casea semo la tuta, semo la cambea We are the spark, we are the flame We are the people, we are the change