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

[Katipo <katipo@westnet.com.au>]

Paul Johnson wrote:

> On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote:
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> > Gene Heskett wrote:
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> > > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote:
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> > > > It's actually spelled "politician".  "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is
> > > > just slang.
> > > >        
> > > Too bad we can't make it carry the same undesirable connotations the
> > > rest of the 4 letter words carry.  Worse, they're actually proud of
> > > being one!
> > >      
> > Could we please take the political stuff elsewhere?
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> What's the matter?  Truth hurt too much?
>  
I, for one, am sick and tired of seeing these digs at our American 
friends who are struggling, in their national adolescence, for a sense 
of identity.

We need to be grown up about it, and allow them their attempts at 
self-establishment in their misspellings and other foibles, so in time 
they can find their way to their maturity.
Regards,