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The Worldwide Queen's English
By Robbie Rhodes

In Digest 960927 John Phillips wrote, "In response to Bryan Cather's
enquiry ..."    "Enquiry" hasn't appeared in U.S. dictionaries for
several generations; here in "The Colonies" it's spelled "inquiry" !  I
don't know if the pronunciation is different.  (Perhaps I'll enquire...  !)



(Message sent Sun, 29 Sep 1996 01:26:41 -0700 , from time zone -0700.)

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