Re: [GZG] Full Thrust Lite

[Samuel Penn <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 17 April 2008 17:47:07 Allan Goodall wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Peter Thoenen <eol1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  Also you used "lite" properly everywhere except the download itself
> >  (http://downloads.groundzerogames.net/FTLrules.pdf) where you say
> >  "light" all the time .. can you change the PDF and re-upload ... looks
> >  amateurish as a result
>
> Actually, Full Thrust is a British product. As such, it uses proper
> English, where the word "lite" does not exist and is an abomination!
>
> :-)
>
> (I'm sort of kidding, but in truth "lite" is an Americanization that
> doesn't exist in British (or Canadian, and I don't think Australian)
> English, so his use of "light" is actually correct.)

Really? I never realised that it was a real word in any language,
and always assumed it was just some annoying misspelling invented by
marketing.


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