Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 15:32:20 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp/allegro - help! - quick question
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On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:

>Peter Smith wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>>                    ^
>
>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

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