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I object, (haha,joke) As a commonwealth-educated offspring of a British born English teacher, what woukld I need a spell checker for, except maybe to find out how Americans spell (haha joke) Hilary Blue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawkins, Darwin wrote: > > Alright, here we go again! We'll put this thread off on another tangent, > now. I guess we are going to have to install British and Canadian > dictionaries in the colonies' machines. Is "humor" spelled "humour" in > your spell checker, Janet? Why do the Brits, et.al. keep putting extra, > useless, no value added letters in their words? In my Arkansas > dictionary, it's humer (pronounced - "hume-errr"). > > > ---------- > > From: Janet Paterson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 10:32 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > > Subject: Re: Non-PD CHAINSAW-FOOLERY > > > > hi to gina and ken and all > > > > ken wrote, in part: > > >Gina, you should write humor books, really! > > > > i agree! > > [except i think they should be humour books] > > maybe it's just that gina's sense of humour is like mine! > > i regret that i have failed to tell you before this, gina, > > but all of your little quips as well as your larger cracks > > crack me up! > > > > and then ken said: > > >...As we come into our lot in life, we are all in a learning > > >mode. When I became a father for the first time, I learned > > >a lot of things I never even thought about until that time. > > >I have two kids, and I NEVER stop learning, even for a minute. > > >Did I "screw up"? Many times! > > > > as far as i know > > the only > > i said > > the only > > way that we humans really learn anything > > i said > > anything > > is by making mistakes > > aka goofing up > > aka screwing up > > > > if we popped into this world knowing everything > > what the heck would be the point? > > > > i believe > > no > > i know > > that we are here to learn things for ourselves [i.e. to love myself] > > and to help others learn for themselves [i.e. to love others] > > > > imagine a baby learning to walk > > what do we tell her when she falls down? > > A: you rotten kid, you're so stupid, i've shown you a dozen times! > > or > > B: ooh, did the little girl fall down go boom? try again, you can > > do it! > > > > sorry gang, i'll get off my soapbox now... > > > > > > your cyber-sibling in laughing and loving > > > > janet > >