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Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"

Posted By: Martel (dialup.212-140-70-132.tesco.net)
Date: 2/3/2001 at 2:26 p.m.

In Response To: Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller" (Archer »–)š)

: Yeah, I didn't know about the manual thing (not that I
: put faith into those manuals much anyway:-). As near
: as I can tell, it seems that it's part of the British
: vernacular to use words, well…I don't want to offend
: any of my good British collegues…it's just…I'm sorry,
: but Britain is infamous for the fact that it has the
: worst English Program of all three (major)
: English-speaking countries. This at least explains why
: they tend to have…bad, bad grammar. I'm not trying to
: offend them or any one else at all! It's the English
: government's fault, not the people's, to, perhaps, not
: put as much pressure on that part of school because it
: might not be thought quite necessary…I don't know.
: Besides that, Britain most-definitely EXCELS in all
: other subjects taught in school, be it Science,
: History (except when they, ehem, forget to put that
: whole Revolutionary War thing into the curriculum:-),
: Math, and all the others! (This isn't an attack on the
: British, just a way of explaining why
: "Leveller" seeped in.)

The Revolutionary War is in the British curriculum, at GCSE level at least. Oh, and by the way, a revolution, by its very definition, must affect the mother country in some way. Britain wasn't affected at all, it was simply left, therefore "War of Independence" is more accurate.

: Right, hence my British theory. There's no need for an
: extra 'l,' why should there be one?

It shouldn't really matter which kind of Level/ler we spaek of. After all, the one in Myth does both.

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