[mea] Re: "Honourary" Mahatma Gandhi Walkway at The Forks
- From: Byron Rempel-Burkholder <brempelburkholder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:13:06 -0500
From a former MEAer, a squatter, who will be rejoining MEA in September: I
see no logical justification for deleting the u in honourary, but keeping
in in honourable. Either we have the u in honour or we don't. I wonder if
the chagrin should be over dropping it, not retaining it. What governs
these decisions anyway?
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:46 PM, <cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, much to the chagrin of Katharine Barber, editor of the CanOx. When
> she was here she talked about how the editorial staff made decisions, and
> when the % usage of erroneous spellings crosses over the line to become
> "acceptable." They apparently had long meetings over honourary,
> irregardless, and preventative, to name a few.
>
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> From: Karen McElrea <karenmcelrea@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <
> mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 2013-08-15 02:06 PM Subject: [mea] Re:
> "Honourary" Mahatma Gandhi Walkway at The Forks Sent by:
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> But the *Canadian Oxford *does list "honourary" as an acceptable
> alternative spelling.
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> To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mea] "Honourary" Mahatma Gandhi Walkway at The Forks
> From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:14:13 -0500
>
> An Alert Reader (stole that term from Dave Barry!) has pointed out that
> the new signs at The Forks spell honorary incorrectly.
>
> You can register your concern at 311@xxxxxxxxxxx and/or contact CTV News;
> their crews were filming the signs today. Where are the Raging Grammarians
> when you need them?!
>
> -C.
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