Posted by Hammerer on 10/31/79 11:26

"Triffid" <spamme@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Nate wrote:
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> >
> > you spelled offense wrong, no offense.
> >
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> He spelt offence right.
>
I noticed I spelt it right as well, Triffs. Nate is SUCH an idiot!
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> He is English,
>
Actually, Triffs, I'm Scottish.
>
> so the English language is his to do with as he wishes.
>
It's mine? Great!
>
> It melds a variety of ancient languages into a
> whole which can be embraced by virtually all cultures. Even Star Wars
> geeks. In English as she is spoke by the natives, 'offence' sounds like
> it ends with 'tss', rather than the bald 'ss' with the alternative
> version. Licence and license are two completely different words over
> here. We like it that way, and would defend its (no apostrophe) soul to
> the end of the internet.
>
Me too!

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