Re: [RML] Forktail Rainbowfish/SPAM

Eejay Griffin-Warwicke (egriffin at pcug.org.au)
Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:09:31 GMT

On Sat, 11 Jan 97 02:14 +0100, you wrote:

>>how much color they have...or in Australian "colour" Just looking
>>at the word spelled that way sounds french :-)
>
It is french - in the 1700s (I think) colour was spelt both ways ie
colour and color were both acceptable - however the english decided to
develop airs and graces and changed a number of spelling to a more
french form

Eejay
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