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Back to Shchool for them

Oh, so the typo in your subject line was deliberate, because it's relevant to the story in the OP...

Well that makes a change...

Well, since the Brits already spell "tire" with a 'Y' (tyre), add an extra 'U' to words like color, flavor, favor, honor, and valor, and spell "draft" without the letter 'F' whatsoever (draught), maybe this is the way the Brits spell 'school'.

-"BB"-

Lord Jim wrote:
Oh, so the typo in your subject line was deliberate, because it's relevant to the story in the OP...

Well that makes a change...

Hey Jim!

Bicycle Bill wrote:Well, since the Brits already spell "tire" with a 'Y' (tyre), add an extra 'U' to words like color, flavor, favor, honor, and valor, and spell "draft" without the letter 'F' whatsoever (draught), maybe this is the way the Brits spell 'school'.

I was thinking it may be written in Cornish Bill.

If at first you don't succeed...

[quote="Bicycle Bill"]Well, since the Brits already spell "tire" with a 'Y' (tyre), add an extra 'U' to words like color, flavor, favor, honor, and valor, and spell "draft" without the letter 'F' whatsoever (draught), maybe this is the way the Brits spell 'school'.[quote]

It's such a struggle with you colonials (sigh). Try to understand.... the evidence you cite would tend to show that "school" is how Jonathans incorrectly spell Shchool.

Since we know that, in this particular case, both the civilizing force and the barbarians spell "school" correctly, it is not at all helpful to your theory to bring up correct spellings (as in tyre, colour etc., draught).