What is the language "British"?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, jdow wrote:

> And potatoe WAS/IS a legitimate spelling for potato in the US at the
> time illiterate lefties made it a means of tarring Dan Quayle.
>
> {^_-}

Who ever would have guessed today that the victory of illiterate lefties 
was so complete?

>From dictionary.com:

    No results found for potatoe.

    Did you mean Potator?

    Suggestions:
    Potator
    potato
    Portate
    potatoes
    potatory
    Optate
    potted
    potatoes'
    potto
    pottage
    potato's

    No entries were found in the dictionary. Would you like to search the
    Web for potatoe?

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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