"sacred honour", "office of honour"

[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 8, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:
>
>> Incidentally, both the Declaration and the Constitution spell "honor"
>> without the u.
>
>
> Of course! It's the American way! ;-)
>
> --

Exactly.  That's why we fought that bloody war, after all--you can't spell America without an I, but you can damn well spell it without U!

LH

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