On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 03:07:10PM -0600, David Welton wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 02:25:47PM -0600, Bud Rogers wrote: > > Magnus Danielson <cfmd@swipnet.se> writes: > > > > It's only in American English which 1 billion means 1000 milions, > > > so there is a real diffrence in which Debian can't overbridge. The > > > only possibility would be to have Americans learn propper English > > > (OK, flamebate, but so what) ;) > > > Magnus, I think you're absolutely right. But it's probably a lost > > cause. Just one Amurkin's opinion... > > Met[er] is pronounced Mee-tur, not Meet-ray, so Meter is of course > correct. Metre comes from French, but we are speaking English, so > staying close to French spellings isn't all that important. > [snip] Wrong. Much of English comes from French, German and Latin. Metre is correct (ask any Englishman). *Americans* are the only ones who spell things "the other way". But yes, it doesn't really matter. -- "If you continue running Windows, your system may become unstable." -- Windows 95 BSOD Dwayne C. Litzenberger - dlitz@cheerful.com Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. Advertising Policy: http://www.redrival.com/dlitz/spamoff.html GnuPG Public Key: http://www.redrival.com/dlitz/gpgkey.asc Fingerprint: 0535 F7CF FF5F 8547 E5A5 695E 4456 FB6C BC39 A4B0
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