Re: [off-topic] list problem

[Hans Aberg]

At 17:22 -0500 2003/03/22, John wrote:
>> P.S. "analyser" is a misspelling of "analyzer" (see the man page).
>
>Actually, it's the other way around. The word, "analyze," is an
>Americanization of the English word, "analyse." Both are correct.

I think that one is the Oxford spelling and the other the Cambridge
spelling, but I have forgotten which one is which. Oxford and Cambridge
host the British schools where evidently the upper, ruling classes go,
which is why these dialects used to be important when defining the British
version of the English language (but not anymore, as it is now defined via
massmedia also among the ruling classes).

  Hans Aberg