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Florida police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear
(www.theguardian.com)
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Man, I just got used to the brits spelling it aluminium and now this?!
telegraph. tele-graph. graph.
How else would you spell it?
I think they're more concerned about the continued existence of telegraph infrastructure.
Right, thanks for that, it's quite unclear to me from their comment, even if I re-read it now. I thought it was a weird spelling we use or something.
In the UK, "telegraph pole" can refer to any overhead wire carrying pole like this (usually the wooden ones), which can be carrying electric or telephone connections. They still do to in a lot of rural areas.
The first time I saw an abandoned telegraph pole I thought a dust storm must have buried the landscape. Nope, they really used to run telegraph wires at eye level across the American West.
I'm American, we spell it aluminum
Canadians do, too. Though they are a type of American.
Maple-American
North North American
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I wonder how much telegraph system could be set up before the authorities noticed. It would be fun if it was all just morse code. I mean like running wires from one house to another in a neighborhood, without it being noticed and clamped down upon.
The American version, aluminum, actually came before the British version. The British version does sound nicer, though.
https://www.thoughtco.com/aluminum-or-aluminium-3980635