Re: OT English Language, Program or Programme

docdwarf_at_panix.com
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: 21 Oct 2004 10:39:27 -0400

In article <8zh+G0Cj56dBFwTW@ld50macca.demon.co.uk>,
Alistair Maclean <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Having checked my cd version of the concise OED I am amazed to discover
>that it does not list program.

I just noticed something in the original posting which slipped past me
first time through:

[snip]

>In message <cl7e2t$5am$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>, stringer
><stringer@no-spam.es.co.nz> writes
>>I quote from an email just sent to me:
>>"actually, american's use programme. Correct english is program.
>>
>>No, I'm not debating it, it's fact. Refer to english dictionaries if you're
>>confused.
>>
>>Illiteracy is not a debate."

One who is concerned about illiteracy might also be concerned about using
a possessive form instead of a plural and the capitalising of Names.

('american's' vs. Americans, 'english dictionaries' vs. English
dictionaries)

DD