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Subject:Re: (newbie) Engine swaps, adapter-less ADAPTOR
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Thu, 5 Sep 2002 18:49:03 +1200

>In a message dated 9/4/02 3:20:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes:
>
><< Ahem...
>  The correct spelling os ADAPTOR. KEP has it wrong. >>
>
>Ahem...
>
>Noah Webster fixed the Quenn's English to add an American flavor to it.

Dictionaries (and encyclopedias) are only as good as:
a) the people writing them
b) the references they use

They do get it wrong...

>Oh by the by, that would be flavoUr to you.

Nope, I refuse to use stupid archaic spellings including redundant
"u"s, -ise instead of -ize, oe instead of e,  palaeo- instead of
paleo- etc.

>
>BenT Engarish

Very good.
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Regards
Andrew