Ken <tyl### [at] pacbell net> wrote in article
<36054595.82F405B0@pacbell.net>...
> povray.org admin team wrote:
>
> I agree with what you say although the British are not
> immune from doing the same thing. Take the common
> expressions "telly" and "uni" for the correct pronounciation
> of television and university.
<pointless pedantry>
Actually "telly" and "uni" are abbreviations. And any how it's our
language do with what we please, the rest of you lot are just borrowing it.
<\pointless pedantry>
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