From: "Timothy Murphy" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Erik P. Olsen wrote:
Hm, tried the English (Denmark) version and there is absolutely no Danish
in that and it merely looks like another American English variant.
I looked at English (Irish) some time ago,
and couldn't find any difference from English (UK).
The two differences that are sometimes quoted are
"rere" (for the back of a building)
and "seperate" for "separate".
I've always assumed that the latter stems from some Dan Quayle-like teacher
refusing to admit he (or more likely she) was wrong.
For the record I have several dictionaries here that show both spellings
with neither the preferred spelling. The "e" on the end has fallen off
potatoe only in the days since the Quayle tarring. I learned it with
the potatoe spelling when I was in school in the 40s. It was a
"Toe May Toe" or "Toe Mah Toe" thing. Both looked (sounded) wrong to
about half the people.
{^_^}
