6) Spelling

It is one of my bugbears that international companies have a UK web site which is just a repetition of the US one complete with US (mis)spellings. tut

Something that has always puzzled me:
The e after certain letters is meant to modify the sound of the letter i.e. foetal, oesophagus. So why does the US language drop the letter and keep the modifier? If they were going to shorten the word why is it not fotal?

Bring back the diphthong - who is old enough to remember keyboards (typewriters) that had them. Is there an ASCII code for them?

RoJo

Seriously, new quality competition is always good especially at a good price.


My spelling is not bad. I am typing this on a Medigenic keyboard and I blame that for all my typos.