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Re: Acceptance of US writing by Canadians - different perspective
Subject:Re: Acceptance of US writing by Canadians - different perspective From:Rebecca Stevenson <rstevenson -at- HUBDATA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:01:37 -0500
I'm American and have a secret fondness for "British" spellings... but
then I studied Middle English and can tolerate just about anything....
:-)
Rebecca Stevenson
Hub Data, Inc.
rstevenson -at- hubdata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzanne Townsend [SMTP:suzyt -at- ISTAR -dot- CA]
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 8:55 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Acceptance of US writing by Canadians - different
> perspective
>
> I was raised in the US but have lived in Canada for the past 12 years
> --
> and I agree!
>
> But this "Gossels Lenny" stuff -- now THAT's confusing! <g>
>
> Gossels Lenny wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if this helps all you Canadians or offends the
> Americans but my
> > experience is that Americans will not tolerate non-American English
> whereas
> > the rest of us tolerate and use American English widely.
> >
>
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