SC - spelling please

Chris Stanifer jugglethis at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 5 09:09:49 PST 2001


- --- Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote:
> Chris Stanifer wrote:
> > 
> > Actually, the English bastardization of the word
> > should have no bearing... it is a French word, for
> > which there is no plural difference. 

> This is a valid point. On the other hand, France has
> adopted and shown
> no particular respect for mache-potettose, rostbiff
> and plompoudin, so
> while I agree with your basic point, perhaps we
> could lose the
> undeserved inferiority complex.

I prefer to think of it as a superiority complex...
Other countries have butchered our Language, so why
must we follow suit?

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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