From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-14 09:38:41 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!sjc-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: American English (was: Bad coding standards) In-Reply-To: <3A38D6F6.48AB736@bton.ac.uk> Message-ID: References: <91adsb$ipp$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A38D6F6.48AB736@bton.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:38:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.184.139.136 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: sjc-read.news.verio.net 976815535 206.184.139.136 (Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:38:55 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:38:55 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3141 Date: 2000-12-14T17:38:55+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, John English wrote: > How do Americans spell "anaesthetic"? Is it "anesthetic" perchance? Yes. Our wonderfully tolerant Merriam-Webster also accepts the UK variants. Swinging this back to ADA, I have no idea what the American Dental Association prefers. Next time I need novacaine I'll ask to see the label. :-) -- Brian