Depends on which side of the Atlantic I am on, or, to be more precise, depends
on where the audience for what I am writing is.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA
On Aug 22, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Since you put the "u" of flavour in parenthesis I'll assume you accept
> "flavor" as the proper spelling. <big grin>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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> On 8/22/2013 12:44 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I am just listening to some US consultant being interviewed by the
>> BBC. While I can easily adjust to the flavo(u)r of English on either
>> side of the Atlantic, I know which version is "proper".
>>
>> Cheers, Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog:
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>> YNWA
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>> On Aug 22, 2013, at 2:26 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
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>>> Dunno about that Ken !
>>>
>>> ...Wayne
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think one of the big differences between American English and
>>>> British English is that we recognize American idioms as
>>>> such--idioms. While the other, obsolete branch, of English tends
>>>> to view British idioms
>>> as
>>>> "Proper English".
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