But my “very clever” was aimed at you as well, Philippe – before I wandered
into seriousness.
And in my seriousness I was offering linguistic advice just in case you didn’t
know . . .
“Expelt” indeed!
;-)
Chris
> On 17 Jun 2016, at 06:59, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Oops! I was just trying to pull a leg or two.
>
> Now that I run the risk of being expelt from the list I am sincerely sorry
> and do apologise.
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
> Le 17 juin 2016 à 07:06, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
>> Very clever, but to be serious: “spelt” or “learnt” have always struck me as
>> ugly forms of the language, where the spelling has been adopted from a
>> colloquial habit.
>>
>> So well done, Bob :-)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 16 Jun 16, at 23:22, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tsk! I wasn't talking about ancient wheat! ;-)
>>>
>>> I neither accept nor acknowledge admonishments for failure to spell
>>> British. Okay, I suppose I acknowledged it. This time. <g>
>>>
>>> Bob "American English" Whitmire
>>> (We have English. We have the best English! People tell me all the time we
>>> have better English than the English! Our English is so good you're not
>>> going to believe how good our good English is!)
>>
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