Cooling Bet!

[tomchamp]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1552092,00.html

 

[willie]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1552092,00.html

Sceptics? Those people have trouble with English?

 

[tomchamp]

Sceptics? Those people have trouble with English?

What do you mean?

 

[willie]

What do you mean?

Just making a little fun with the English about THEIR language.

skep·tic also scep·tic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (skptk)
n.
One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions.
One inclined to skepticism in religious matters.
Philosophy.
often Skeptic An adherent of a school of skepticism.
Skeptic A member of an ancient Greek school of skepticism, especially that of Pyrrho of Elis (360?-272? B.C.).

 

[Ken King]

Tom Champ, I am too.

Willie, what are you talking about?

 

[Lenny]

Tom Champ, I am too.

Willie, what are you talking about?

It's a question of which spelling is correct. Skeptic vs. Sceptic


Who was it that characterized the U.S. and Britain as two nations separated by a common language?