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From: Theo Bekkers on 19 Jan 2008 02:36 atec77 wrote: > Boxer wrote: >> "Theo Bekkers" <tbekkers(a)bekkers.com.au> wrote >>> I would expect an Australian to use Australian spelling and an >>> American to use US spellings, even in discourse with each other. I >>> doubt that an American would be offended by an aussie using the >>> word colour or vice versa with color. But for an Aussie to use the >>> word color is just wrong to me. Even 'Labor' makes me cringe. >> I agree Labor has made me cringe for ages. > Nothing cultural about labor That's two. Theo
From: CrazyCam on 19 Jan 2008 02:42 Damien wrote: > So an Australian person, working for an Australian company, located in > Australia, must always use Australian spellings - even if they happen to > be writing for an exclusively American audience??? <gasp> Americans can read? regards, CrazyCam
From: Iain Chalmers on 19 Jan 2008 02:47 In article <fms8bc$1fl$1(a)aioe.org>, Damien <al.qaeda(a)asio.gov.au> wrote: > Iain Chalmers wrote: > > In article > > <2e5d21f6-6662-447e-9417-6ae638edcab4(a)s27g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, > > JL <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > >> Oh puhleese - you're getting stupider by the post. > > > > Heh, and you know what they say about arguing with idiots on the > > internet? They'll drag you down the their level of stupidity, then beat > > you with their superior experience... > > > > :-) > > > > big > > > > And that would probably explain why I shouldn't have ever talked to JL > et al in the first place, and why they continue to insistently claim to > have beaten me - it's all that experience they must have! :-) Yes, thats right Damien... big (See John? Never engage to start with, it's often better that way...) -- "Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people you hate." Mr Jalopy quoting Hooptyrides (on jalopyjunktown.com)
From: atec77 on 19 Jan 2008 07:09 Theo Bekkers wrote: > atec77 wrote: >> Boxer wrote: >>> "Theo Bekkers" <tbekkers(a)bekkers.com.au> wrote > >>>> I would expect an Australian to use Australian spelling and an >>>> American to use US spellings, even in discourse with each other. I >>>> doubt that an American would be offended by an aussie using the >>>> word colour or vice versa with color. But for an Aussie to use the >>>> word color is just wrong to me. Even 'Labor' makes me cringe. > >>> I agree Labor has made me cringe for ages. > >> Nothing cultural about labor > > That's two. > > Theo > > Agreed no point laboring the subject.
From: George W. Frost on 19 Jan 2008 08:59
"CrazyCam" <crazycam(a)upturnet.com.au> wrote in message news:4791a9c2$0$17825$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > Damien wrote: > >> So an Australian person, working for an Australian company, located in >> Australia, must always use Australian spellings - even if they happen to >> be writing for an exclusively American audience??? > > <gasp> Americans can read? > > > regards, > CrazyCam That's why they make so many movies they can only look at the pictures |