Re: "Proper" english [off topic]
On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 01:25:33AM -0600, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote:
> 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".
I see it as fixing a wrong. Metre is "met-ray", not "meet-ehr" as
spelled. Just like my favorite QB's name is "Fahv-ray" and not "Fahrv"...
Favre.
Where it comes from doesn't matter when where it comes from doesn't even
work. :P
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