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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
18 Dec 2014 09:43
To: graphitone
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It's 'mould'.
:|
From: graphitone
18 Dec 2014 11:16
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
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Sweaty knickers, I knew I'd get that wrong.
Mold is more Americanised, but the 'U' in our version seems to hark back to some old French influence. So I can't win.
However:
Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
Both spellings have been used since the 16th century. In Canada, both spellings are used.
In New Zealand, "mold" refers to a form for casting a shape while "mould" refers to the fungus
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
18 Dec 2014 12:10
To: graphitone
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American is more wrong than French. That's the way it is.
From: graphitone
18 Dec 2014 12:19
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
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And English has to be more right than French.
(nod)
As long as we have teh betterers over the Americans, that's ok.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
18 Dec 2014 13:02
To: graphitone
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(nod)
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
18 Dec 2014 14:02
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
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I don't know how one person can be so wrong all the time!
From: milko
19 Dec 2014 13:49
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP)
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I am looking decreasingly likely to make it to central London at all tomorrow
:(
From: Voltane
19 Dec 2014 14:52
To: milko
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Ok, i completely misread that.
Uhm..does this mean I'll be sitting on my own again?
EDITED: 19 Dec 2014 14:54 by VOLTANE
From: milko
19 Dec 2014 14:58
To: Voltane
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Where's Peter at?
There's still a remote chance things change for me and I can pop by in the afternoon. But I would be surprised.
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)
19 Dec 2014 21:47
To: Voltane
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Get us a table with candles.
:)