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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: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 12:38:07 -0700
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Mark Habersack wrote:
> 
> On 1 Sep 1996, Weiqi Gao wrote:
> 
> >Alaric B. Williams <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> >> Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> wrote:
> >> >>| >typedef RGB PALLETE[PAL_SIZE];
> >>
> >> 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 don't want to spoil the sheer fun of this thread (really!) but Shawn
"Mr Allegro" Hargreaves says he spells it "pallete" because that's how
the makers of his old Amiga (?) C compiler spelt it. They were 
Americans, I believe, and as everyone knows, Americans can't spell.
"No, son, that's wrong; it should be POTATOE." 
That's why they invented C, so they wouldn't have to remember so much.

--Elliott
(Of course this theory falls flat on its face if the Amiga compiler was British)