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From: "Peter Smith" <psmith AT gil DOT com DOT au>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 19:32:35 +1000
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Subject: Re: djgpp/allegro - help! - quick question

On  1 Sep 96 at 2:23, John M. Aldrich wrote:
> Weiqi Gao wrote:
> > 
> > Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> wrote:
> > > According to my UK dictionary, the P word is spelt PALETTE. Is it the
> > > same in the US? I've seen about 3 spellings of that word so far in
> > > this thread!
> > I'd vote for PALET!
> 
> Nonono - it should be PALLET.  That way everybody gets confused.  :)
> 

According to my personal dictionary (i.e. my head), ...

  Pallet : A wooden base used in factories/transport to stack stuff
    on so forklifts can carry them around easily.
  Palette: The colour collection thingy
                   ^


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