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Michel Boucher[_3_] Michel Boucher[_3_] is offline
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Default National Spelling bee winning word: "knaidel"

Dave Smith > wrote in newsyvqt.142715
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> hey don't know
> how to spell colour or neighbour


But they think they do. Webster's defines "neighbour" as a British
variant of American spelling, which is a patently absurd statement
verging on the heavily delusional.

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