Stephen wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:38:02 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> 
>> andrel wrote:
>>> another example of how the Americans have destroyed a culture.
>> Hey, you want to be able to spell properly, *you* invent computers. ;-)
> 
> Now here's me thinking that it was the Brits who invented the first modern
> (programmable) computer. With the Bombe being built at Bletchley Park.

And what language do you think the *Brits* speak?  Hint: Not Dutch. ;-)

While the Brits invented the first computers, I'm pretty sure the whole text 
processing aspect (and in particular the ASCII I'm guessing you're 
complaining about) was happening in the USA.  Not that EBCDIC had an ij 
ligature in it either.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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