Word Porn

There's an interesting British spelling of a word that doesn't immediately come to mind when one mentions the differences between American and English spelling. Everyone knows about color/ colour, harbor/ harbour, center/ centre and so on. But how many know about 'dispatch' (American) and 'despatch' (English)? Not me.

I found this out upon receiving an email from Virgin Megastore informing me that a DVD I'd ordered had been 'despatched'.

On a side note, when it comes to women, I could give up nose-bleed-inducing altitudes of sexual bliss, intellect so sharp you could circumcise an armadillo with it, but I cannot (read: will not) sacrifice a like-minded fascination with how interesting language can be.

Hmmm. Crickets. I kind of expected a mad rush of high heels on their way out to buy a dictionary. Oh well. Another year of chickens suffering a grisly death by choking...