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Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] space-ship or spaceship?
From: Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:02:12 -0500

At 1999/03/18 18:33 , Matt Busigin wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Jeff Mallatt wrote:
>
>#My dictionary (the American Heritage Electronic Dictionary) says it's
>#either "spaceship" (preferred) or "space ship", but not "space-ship".
>
>*American* dictionary.. therefore, it is totally useless.  You yankees can't
>even spell 'colour', or 'favourite'. ;-)
>

If you prefer, the Encyclopaedia *Britannica* doesn't even have an entry
for "spaceship" -- they call it a "spacecraft".

jjm


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