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From: "John R. Rose" <rose@cs*.sc*.ed*>
Subject: Re: expand your spelling
To: colin@aq*.de*.co*.uk* (Colin Harrison)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:32:44 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: tek-dk@us*.ne*, techdiver@aquanaut.com


> You cannot expect Americans to spell correctly. They have a different
> version of English altogether. Apparently it's evolving or something.
> 
> Regards
> -- 
> Colin Harrison
> Aquarius Diving, UK


Colin,

The reason it is evolving is that it is not a dead language.
Only dead languages cease to evolve.

As far as creative spelling goes, Mark Twain, a quintessential American,
said it best when he said,
 "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." 


-John
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