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Old 11-03-2005, 03:29 AM   #6
Melcheor
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Join Date: August 17, 2005
Location: North Yorkshire, Merry old England
Age: 38
Posts: 227
Quote:
Originally posted by Grojlach:
I believe "cancelled" is the proper British spelling, and "canceled" used more frequently in the US. Or at least that's what my dictionary says.
That is right. We always spell it 'cancelled'. There are many british people who get excessively uptight about 'american english', one of which probably edited your sign. The only time I am ever slightly peeved is if the language is labelled 'american', which has been a choice in many an install...

Still, there are worse signs about, grammatically speaking. I've seen a few names painted onto shops and trucks with errors, usually involving apostrophes.
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