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From: William Nakia Yelland <>
Subject: America Alone
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 18:59:21 -0800


A few years back, a man -- who went by the title "President of the
United States of America." -- went to a school one day with media
cameras watching. A student came up to spell "potatoe" but instead
spelled it "potato." Mr. Quayle (the man mentioned) corrected the
student and said that it should have been spelled "potatoe." Well, the
media went wild! Mr. Quayle was marked as a man who could not spell
because he mispelled "potatoe." All the dumb jokes soon followed in
masse. Now to some, this was quite perplexing... He had spelled it
correctly as far as they were concerned. Well it seems the modern
American spelling lacks that 'e' at the end, which kind of puts me out
as an American because I learned it with the "e.' I also learned the
follwing as is : valour, honour, labour. Of course, Americans spell
those now without the "u." Well... I've struck out further on my own, I
use metric and celcius most of the time like the rest of the world.
Hmmm... I'm not sure about these fellow Americans of mine -- more and
more they seem to be a bit backward. Anyone fellow Americans agree? Or,
am I truely alone on this one?

WNY

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