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Old 03-30-2011, 01:23 AM   #16 (permalink)
bagatelle
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Originally Posted by dlish View Post
me too OCM.

what i also resent is the fact that because ove spent so much time away from home, that i have started to spell many words the american way...except for the Mum. That should never be spelt as Mom.

standardize - standardise
authorize - authorise
My spelling is mixed. We are taught British English in schools, but there's a lot of American influence as well.

Regarding 'mom' my reasoning is this: since 'mum' reminds me of 'mummy' (as the Egyptian corpses) and the word 'mumma' means grandma in Finnish, whereas 'äiti' is mother, I use American version 'mom' to separate it from these two.
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