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From: Elliott Oti <e DOT oti AT stud DOT warande DOT ruu DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: djgpp/allegro - help! - quick question
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 10:16:22 -0700
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Mark Habersack wrote:
>>
> >You're right of course.  But I say that that extra 'e' on the end is
> >overrated!  Nobody pronounces it, and it doesn't even change the word's
> >pronoununciatiation.  I say we start a campaign to get rid of all those
> >useless e's on the end of words, starting with PALLET(E).  All in favor?
> >
> >:-)            <-- for those who missed the sarcasm of this post
> And what about those theater/theatre, center/centre, colour/color differences?
> Let us agree upon which one should we use here ;-)))) And programme/program,
> optimisation/optimization? ;-))))) <grin>
> 
> Mark

Good idea! And while we're at it let's throw away all these useless " ; " signs
at the ends of statements in C programs -- no-one pronounces them either.

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