Subj : FTS-xxxx.001 PING and TRACE flags To : Michiel van der Vlist From : Alexey Vissarionov Date : Mon Apr 19 2021 04:55 pm Good ${greeting_time}, Michiel! 18 Apr 2021 11:25:32, you wrote to Rob Swindell: >>> argue that current practise is that TRACE functionality is >>> optional. RS>> Alternate spelling of "practice" there. MvdV> According to "The Shorter Oxford", "practise" with an 's' is the MvdV> preferred spelling in the Queen's English. I prefer to see something more practical... ^ RS>> What's the FTSC documentation standard regarding grammar and RS>> spelling? MvdV> AFAIK, there isn't any. Before the Brexit, I preferred the Queen's MvdV> English over US English. As a native speaker of non-germanic language, I can't tell for sure... some words are simplified in US English (compared to British), but some are really garbled. MvdV> Now I am inclined to advocate returning to French as the language MvdV> for Post and Telecom... That's almost impossible. English is a leader by a number of native speakers (hint: India), and has only one strong competitor: Chinese. MvdV> Thank you for your input. English spelling is a nightmare for non MvdV> native speakers. The written and the spoken English almost seem two MvdV> different languages. "Case" rhymes to "space". But why is the one MvdV> spelled with an 's' and the other with a 'c'? And why does "ginger" MvdV> not rhyme to "singer". And if "rhyme" rhymes to "slime", why is it MvdV> not spelled "rime"? It is torture. ;-) "Take "gh" as in "enough", "o" as in "women" and "ti" and in "nation" - and "fish" would have "ghoti" as a correct spelling." MvdV> I will leave it to the Andrew to figure it out. And other native speakers... hopefully they were good enough during their school-days, so they can serve as a Grammar-Police here :-) -- Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii .... that's why I really dislike fools. --- /bin/vi * Origin: ::1 (2:5020/545) .