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. > > > > 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: > mea-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------ > > > > But the *Canadian Oxford *does list "honourary" as an acceptable > alternative spelling. > > > ------------------------------ > 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. > > > "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. > It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting > business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify > the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from > your system. Thank you for your cooperation." > "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. > It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting > business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify > the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from > your system. Thank you for your cooperation." > -- Byron Rempel-Burkholder