Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/09/02/05:44:09
On 1 Sep 96 at 2:23, John M. Aldrich wrote:
> Weiqi Gao wrote:
> >
> > Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> wrote:
> > > According to my UK dictionary, the P word is spelt PALETTE. Is it the
> > > same in the US? I've seen about 3 spellings of that word so far in
> > > this thread!
> > I'd vote for PALET!
>
> Nonono - it should be PALLET. That way everybody gets confused. :)
>
According to my personal dictionary (i.e. my head), ...
Pallet : A wooden base used in factories/transport to stack stuff
on so forklifts can carry them around easily.
Palette: The colour collection thingy
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http://gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au/~psmith
(Here in Australia we do things a little bit differently)
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