Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:44:17 +1000
Subject: postcolonial spellings


In Australia the Lab-o-r Party grew from the lab-o-u-r movement.  American
english and English english is interchanged here all the time.  It's
another example of the joy and the misery of living in a mongrel state.
Isn't it?
Adele Wessell.

>Thanks, David.  I was just trying to encourage a little critical thinking,
>and maybe
>even a little humor.  I believe that both emerged, perhaps in spite of me!
>You can
>calm down now; everything is A-OK.  <big grin>
>
>David Butz wrote:
>
>> I don't get this. I was wishing all members of the list a happy (although
>> the appropriateness of the word "happy" may be open to debate) Labour/Labor
>> Day... not just the Americans and not
>> just the Canadians, and not just either. I spelled it "Labour" because
>> that's how I learned to spell it (as did most other Canadians of my
>> generation), and see no compelling reason to spell it differently... and
>> only continue in this trivial dialogue because I don't
>> like to be corrected for what wasn't a mistake. So, please, wherever you
>> are, whatever language or idiom you prefer to receive greetings in, feel
>> free to translate and respell my sincere wishes for a hopeful celebration
>> of the cause of workers. David.
>>
>> On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Bruce Hagood wrote:
>>
>> > Yes, but you were wishing citizens of the U.S. a happy "Labour Day."
>>You know
>> > that saying, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"?  I would not call
>>one of those
>> > British political parties the "Labor Party," because that is not how
>>the British
>> > spell it.  If you are wishing citizens of the U.S. a happy Labor Day,
>>please at
>> > least have the courtesy to spell it the way we do here.
>> >
>> > Thank you so much for your consideration.
>>
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