Re: [GZG] LITE, LIGHT and other painful matters

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have a copy of the OED, you DON'T want to get hit with it!

Michael Brown
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From: Evyn MacDude 
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:33 PM
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu 
Subject: Re: [GZG] LITE, LIGHT and other painful matters

On  Apr17 08, at 13:05, Tom B wrote:

  LITE - makes my eyes bleed
  LIGHT - looks right and proper, even if the gh should be pronounced
like a cat throwing up in a proper language (and this should be 'licht')

As there is no Academy of the English language, lite is correct if it's
meaning is clear, and if
y'all want to argue I have access to an OED and am willing to smack said
objecting nits
upside the head with said collection. 

Now this entire conversation would be a great scenario the NAS civil
war, all over spelling.

Note, I am american who learned to speak from a Cockney Nanny, lives in
California, and
has dated and/or lived with an Australian. Thus it's all bloody english
to me. 

Evyn MacDude
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