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# brilliant stuff
z si

:)

NINJA!
(I helped save b3ta! Neon Blue Ah ha ha haa! I feel positively capital!, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:08, archived)
# yeah, I thought that
but google said otherwise
(I helped save b3ta! miamistu snagglery, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:12, archived)
# the 'z' is the americanised version of the spelling, so still correct!
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:13, archived)
# The 'z' is usually the English version in most words.
Notable exceptions are words derived from French, which have an 's'.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:16, archived)
# like 'Scarborough'
(I helped save b3ta! parsons* *restrictions apply, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:18, archived)
# Exactly.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:18, archived)
# err...no it's not
Lazer = US spelling
Laser = UK

etc
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:19, archived)
# light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
there can be no Z
(I helped save b3ta! parsons* *restrictions apply, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:22, archived)
# I know - but some people do spell it with a Z - mostly Americans
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:30, archived)
# well they're wrong
and it's made me sad
(I helped save b3ta! parsons* *restrictions apply, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:31, archived)
# Those people
are hamtouchers.
(coffee keeps me from flying into a berserker rage, Sun 21 May 2006, 7:42, archived)
# That's a spacky exception
for people who don't understand acronyms.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:56, archived)
# Actually..
Americans spell Laser... "Laser"
(Skcone, Sun 21 May 2006, 19:37, archived)
# still it is a brilliant
idea :)

woo
(I helped save b3ta! Neon Blue Ah ha ha haa! I feel positively capital!, Fri 19 May 2006, 11:14, archived)