Correct Grammar (Geoff in particular)

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Joe Bento" <joseph at k...> wrote:

Joe Bento: 

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> Things must be getting confusing across the pond though.  You go to
> the theatre for a play, and they hand you a programme.  What program
> created the programme? (Though with different spellings, one is not
> confused as to the meaning)
> 
> I often notice "Britspeak" used in American advertising when they want
> to portray a degree of sophistication.  I doubt the English resort to
> the same.

Geoff:
The usually accepted UK use of "program/programme" is that the former 
is in computing and the latter for everything else.

There are places where US spelling creeps in. One of my pet annoyances 
is a chain of stores dealing with hardware - in particular for the 
bathroom and toilet - who have the name of "Plumb Center".