atw: Re: Macquarie Dictionary call on despatch vs dispatch
- From: Stewart Walker <helpfulau@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:33:25 -0800 (PST)
Thanks for your help. Looks like dispatch is the way
to go, even though it doesn't quite sit right with
me...
Cheers
Stewart
--- Carole Dacey <carole_dacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Stewart
> My MacQ, albeit somewhat old, has both, with
> "despatch" having as its
> definition "dispatch", and "dispatch" having all the
> meanings - so I guess
> it = the Aust. Oxford.
>
> Cheers
> Carole
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stewart Walker [mailto:helpfulau@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 13 February 2004 3:52 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Macquarie Dictionary call on despatch
> vs dispatch
>
> Hi all
>
> Could someone with handy access to a Macquarie
> Dictionary pls help me out and let me know what the
> MD
> says about whether preferred Aussie usage is
> despatch
> or dispatch.
>
> Thanks. The only dictionary we have around here is
> an
> Australian Oxford, which prefers dispatch.
>
> Cheers
>
> Stewart
>
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