list index() (OT) and definitely trolling :-)

[Paddy]

On Sep 1, 7:32 am, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> > On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:15:10 +0100, DaveM <asm... at dsl.pipex.com>
> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>
> >> No - but I would pronounce "lever" and "fever" the same way, if that helps.
>
> >    <shudder> To me, those are different... I suppose you also add an
> > extra "i" to aluminum <G>
>
> No, he just spells it with two i's like sensible people do. Who would
> ever want *three* I's in "aluminium" (which, by the way, you misspelled ;-)?
>
> Such things are matters of practical significance to me, since I have
> adopted a policy of using English spelling when in the UK and US
> spelling when elsewhere. Since I am now pretty much full-time in the US,
> I am finally having to come to terms with its crazy spelling.
>
> regards
>   Steve
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Since the language that inspired the programming language is most
definitely English as spoken in the UK, could it be that the highest
levels of Pythonistic Nirvana are to be reached only by ....
Nah - can't do it! (just spell colour right and I'll be OK).

- Paddy.