In response to:
>>I was just about to buy a few set's of new tires and wanted to stay away from any french brands I
>>believe Michelin are made in france are any others?
Antti Salonen wrote:
>Michelin tyres notice the correct spelling are indeed made in france but I don't know about others
>however I don't understand why you'd like to use chinese or german tyres instead when are you going
>to ship the statue of liberty back to france? [snip]
Spelling flames are generally the lowest form of newsgroup posting, though they are sometimes
amusing, when, as in this case, the flame itself contains errors.
However, beyond the question of correct capitalization of proper nouns, Salonen's posting appears to
refer to the spelling of "tire" vs. "tyre."
Educated English speakers are aware that there are different spelling conventions and word usages in
different English speaking countries.
A narrow-minded minority, however, seem to believe that the convention used where they live is the
only "correct" one and that people from other countries, following the established rules they were
taught in school, are somehow "incorrect."
This attitude is bigoted and chauvinistic, and right-thinking people of all nationalities find it
offensive.
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