Well, I think we started spelling that way long before WW-II, but, that's
ok. Remember the James Bond movie where Roger Moore was doubling for a
character names Saint John Smith? Of course, the pronounciation given was
Sin Jin Smithe. Well, at least we can still comunicate, most of the time.

Back to the subject, nice pics on the Stinson.

"Russell" wrote in message
u...
G'day, here in Australia we speak English, and play Cricket, Mate.

In reality, American English is based on an older English by about 2
centuries. The main reason also why some of the spelling is different
(e.g. colour - color) is also because until ww2 a high percentage of
Americans were illiterate. The US army claimed to have taught about 2-3
million men how to read and write during that time. They simplified some
of the spelling to help fast track the process. That is why it is more
phonetic or so I have been told.


"Bobby Galvez" wrote in message
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Russell wrote:

Thanks Tom for the history. I wondered what happened to the company.

I am sorry for my typo I am truely humbled by sooooo meny pepl wo cn
spel
properely an therefour must bee bettter peple dan me.



It's called humor.

Unless you're in Great Britain, in which case it's "humour."

Don't feel bad - there's an entire nation over there that never bothered
to
change the spelling of all the words they borrowed from the French.

;-)

BobbyG