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Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?



On Tuesday 11 April 2006 23:38, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 April 2006 23:47, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > With a u, you mean, of course...
> >
> > No, the *right* way.  Slow learners *and* bad spellers.  Sheesh...
> > No wonder your empire fell apart.

>   That is very rude to say on a public mailing list. I agree that everyone
> is entitled to their opinion. May be you are right and may be you are
> wrong. But this could potentially result in flame wars. May be you meant it
> in a funny way! But this is taking it too far. Not everyone might take it
> as you intended it to.

I should probably clarify for the international audience that Ron is using 
sarcasm, a form of deadpan humor.  Ron is probably more apathetic about 
spelling than his words let on.

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Paul Johnson
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