Subject: Re: english usage
Date: Apr 26 17:25:32 1995
From: Scott Richardson - richasar at dfw.wa.gov



On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Don Baccus wrote:

> Too bad Daniel Webster didn't tackle this when he cleaned up
> things like "honour" and "colour".

Was it really statesman Daniel or could it have been lexicographer Noah
who helped describe American usage? (Yes, I think I know the answer. And
no, I don't think either of them was much of a bird watcher.)

Scott Richardson
Olympia