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

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h but is it as bad as the two volume Macquarie *Australian* English 
Dictionary. I'll take on your OED anyday. ;-)

Tony.

Michael wrote:
> We have a copy of the OED, you DON'T want to get hit with it!
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> Michael Brown
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> *From:* Evyn MacDude <mailto:infojunky@ceecom.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:33 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [GZG] LITE, LIGHT and other painful matters
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> 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')
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> 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. 
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> Now this entire conversation would be a great scenario the NAS civil 
> war, all over spelling.
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> 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. 
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