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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: USA Election
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:45:52 +1100
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Your Name wrote on 21/11/24 8:29 am:
> On 2024-11-20 10:23:55 +0000, Daniel70 said:
>> The Doctor wrote on 20/11/24 3:49 pm:
>>> In article <vhjjqs$28q5e$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Your Name  <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-11-19 11:04:56 +0000, Daniel70 said:
>>>>> Blueshirt wrote on 19/11/24 1:37 am:
>>>>>> Daniel70 wrote:
>>>>>>> Blueshirt wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Happy Christmas!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A TAD early, aren't you, Blueshirt?? (Yes, I can be a Grinch
>>>>>>> at times.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tell that to the shops...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yeap. I can relate .... When I was in The Australian Army, more often
>>>>> than not the period from Melbourne Cup Day (first Tuesday in November)
>>>>> marked the start of "Silly Season" with various Troop, Company,
>>>>> Regiment and Mess Dinners (i.e. Christmas piss-ups) having to occur.
>>>>>
>>>>> The shops have only just started the extended seasons.
>>>>
>>>> The shops here have had their Christmas stock on the shelves for about
>>>> two months already. One house around here has all their Christmas
>>>> decorations up inside and another has their silly inflatable garden
>>>> decorations out too. The main Auckland City Santa Parade is on 24
>>>> November, with many city suburbs having their own Santa parades during
>>>> November and Decmber..   :-\
>>>
>>> Decmber?
>>
>> LOOK OUT, Your Name, Gobble-de-gook is picking on YOUR spelling!! ;-P
> 
> Yep, it's Decmber ... comes after Novmber and before Janury. It's the 
> lazy American spelling where they just decide to leave out an 
> 'unnecessary' letter, like they do with "color", etc.  :-p

Ah!! Is that why they often talk about "Math" (short for "Mathematics") 
rather than "Maths" like the rest of the English Speaking World?? ;-P
-- 
Daniel