Color vs Colour

Darrell dev/null wrote:

"Andy Hewitt" wrote in message
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MrB wrote:

Andy, good one. Most of us spell it your way.

Thought so :-)

I just thought it pretty lame to ask about the spelling of colour, then
use 'their' in the wrong context. It's a pair of words I see used so
often incorrectly in groups.

Many can't tell the difference between;

there
their
they're

Yes, obviously.

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(Andy Hewitt) wrote:

MrB wrote:

Andy, good one. Most of us spell it your way.

Thought so :-)

I just thought it pretty lame to ask about the spelling of colour, then
use 'their' in the wrong context. It's a pair of words I see used so
often incorrectly in groups.

Reading improperly used apostrophes and wrong homonyms is most confusing
to the people who understand their proper usage! Relatively neanderthal
people convert the word into sound, and then interpret in context.
Relatively literate people take the words at face value, and find them
to destroy the sentence. For example, someone might write "I burned the
CD's", meaning multiple CDs, but I am looking for something that the CD
possesses to immediately follow "CD's", such as, "I burned the CD's
paper inserts in the fireplace".

That too.

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Bart van der Wolf wrote:
"Toomanyputters" wrote in message
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SNIP
Why do the Brits choose to drive on the wrong side of the road?

Apparently it comes from the tradition of riding one's horse on the
left side of the road, leaving the right hand (side) open for handling
the sword, or so I've been told.


If that one hasn't been Snopes'd it should have been.

Darrell wrote:
"Andy Hewitt" wrote in message
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MrB wrote:

Andy, good one. Most of us spell it your way.

Thought so :-)

I just thought it pretty lame to ask about the spelling of colour,
then use 'their' in the wrong context. It's a pair of words I see
used so often incorrectly in groups.

Many can't tell the difference between;

there
their
they're

You're supposition is correct.

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(Andy Hewitt) wrote:

MrB wrote:

Andy, good one. Most of us spell it your way.

Thought so :-)

I just thought it pretty lame to ask about the spelling of colour,
then use 'their' in the wrong context. It's a pair of words I see
used so often incorrectly in groups.

Reading improperly used apostrophes and wrong homonyms is most
confusing to the people who understand their proper usage!
Relatively neanderthal people convert the word into sound, and then
interpret in context. Relatively literate people take the words at
face value, and find them to destroy the sentence. For example,
someone might write "I burned the CD's", meaning multiple CDs, but I
am looking for something that the CD possesses to immediately follow
"CD's", such as, "I burned the CD's paper inserts in the fireplace".


So, relatively literate folks waste a lot of energy over-interpreting
neanderthal language? Doesn't sound like a survival characteristic to
me...

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Reading improperly used apostrophes and wrong homonyms is most confusing
to the people who understand their proper usage! Relatively neanderthal
people convert the word into sound, and then interpret in context.
Relatively literate people take the words at face value, and find them
to destroy the sentence. For example, someone might write "I burned the
CD's", meaning multiple CDs, but I am looking for something that the CD
possesses to immediately follow "CD's", such as, "I burned the CD's
paper inserts in the fireplace".



That one bugs me, too.

But I'm wondering... how do I expresss the plural of "Nikon F4S" when I want
to say I have two? I usually write "my two Nikon F4S's" but I'm pretty sure
that's wrong. :-)

Good shooting,
Bob Scott

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measekite wrote in news:GtzId.14188$5R.12076
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Why is their a difference in the spelling of color (I think colour) on
both sides of the Atlantic.
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Why do the Brits choose to drive on the wrong side of the road?

Brits drink warm beer ... Why?

Hrrrrumph!!! Brits drink warm beer 'cos there's flavor (sic) there that can
be tasted. Try drinking Coors or Bud (or any of those other vile brews from
Wiskonsin or some such backwoods) warm and see how much flavour you can
detect....

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Why is their a difference in the spelling of color (I think colour) on
both sides of the Atlantic.

Don't forget your gray card and your grey card.


And a pink slip is not a piece of underwear, apparently.

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"Robert Scott" wrote:

That one bugs me, too.

But I'm wondering... how do I expresss the plural of "Nikon F4S" when I want
to say I have two? I usually write "my two Nikon F4S's" but I'm pretty sure
that's wrong. :-)

I would go with "F4Ses", but I don't know for sure, so I tend to
restructure sentences to avoid unknowns.

"... my two Nikon F4S cameras ..."


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In message . net,
"Robert Scott" wrote:

That one bugs me, too.

But I'm wondering... how do I expresss the plural of "Nikon F4S"
when I want to say I have two? I usually write "my two Nikon F4S's"
but I'm pretty sure that's wrong. :-)

I would go with "F4Ses", but I don't know for sure, so I tend to
restructure sentences to avoid unknowns.

"... my two Nikon F4S cameras ..."

Ayuh. Back in the 80s and 90s it was "F4Ss". At least in the Joneses'
neighborhoods...