On 30/04/06, elefino
On Sunday 30 April 2006 02:34, Basil Chupin wrote:
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Welllll....... Here in the US we've been selling our wine and whiskey in liters for quite some time now, and that's certainly more important than gasoline or oil.
Bob S.
<Sigh>
Now there is another thing.... "liters" instead of (in proper English) "litres" and "center" instead of (in proper English) "centre".
Um, that'd be the proper _French_ spelled approximately as she is pronounced, no?
Unless, perhaps, you are saying that your proper h'english pronunciation is LIT-rez?
At least "liter" has a chance of sounding a bit like "LEE-turs", which is how most English(like) speakers actually pronounce it.
Oh, wait... I forgot. Y'all would be the folks who pronounce something "chumley" and then spell it Chalmonderleigh or some such.
:-) Kevin (Ottawa, Canada)
Cholmondleigh actually :-) That's possibly down to the Romans though. Hey, try spelling with Shakespeares English. At 43 yrs of age I still cannot figure out the obsession with many of my fellow countrymen that Shakespeare was something wonderful. He wrote soaps set in the Middle Ages, that's all. I love English Literature but hate Shakespeare.....although I do love the Sibelius rendition of The Tempest :-) and of course Forbidden Planet. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR