Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/09/03/09:49:51
On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:
>Peter Smith wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> ^
>
>You're right of course. But I say that that extra 'e' on the end is
>overrated! Nobody pronounces it, and it doesn't even change the word's
>pronoununciatiation. I say we start a campaign to get rid of all those
>useless e's on the end of words, starting with PALLET(E). All in favor?
>
>:-) <-- for those who missed the sarcasm of this post
And what about those theater/theatre, center/centre, colour/color differences?
Let us agree upon which one should we use here ;-)))) And programme/program,
optimisation/optimization? ;-))))) <grin>
Mark
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