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- From: mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar Mukund Mirashi)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: English English versus *American* English
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.053144.1015@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 05:31:44 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.193534.21246@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Jul29.234925.2439@convex.com> <1992Jul29.204257@IASTATE.EDU>
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- In article <1992Jul29.204257@IASTATE.EDU> mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul29.234925.2439@convex.com>, tchrist@convex.COM (Tom
- >Christiansen) writes:
- >> [...deleted...]
- >> Come on, guys, just READ that sentence, and put him in your killfile.
- >> He's either pulling our chains, or is both clueless and arrogant.
- >>
- >> [...deleted...]
- >> Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
- >
- >Of course he's pulling our chains (although that doesn't preclude his being
- >clueless and arrogant). Don't encourage the child.
- >
- >Marie Coffin
-
- I am NOT pulling your uh...chains (is that a derivation from pulling
- one's leg?).
- Clueless?? - I have demonstrated several of them in my original article.
- Arrogant?? _ I am always willing to accept my mistakes, I DO NOT repeat
- DO NOT consider myself as a paragon of English usage.
-
- I just thought that it was time someone reminded the Americans, of
- the flawed spellings that they use.
-