Re: OT - for spelling aficionados only? Re: Lying in wait.. for James Bond fans only?

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:35:49 -0400, tony cooper wrote:

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:14:50 +1000, Mark Thomas
<markt@_don't_spam_marktphoto.com> wrote:

I'll concede one out of two..

tony cooper wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:04:19 +1000, Mark Thomas
<markt@_don't_spam_marktphoto.com> wrote:

Why do you (and your sockpuppet) both call printers 'devises'?

The printer is a device, and is called a device in many computer
manuals and references. And in your "Device Manager" if you use
Windows. The "devise" spelling is sometimes used in the UK
??? Can you provide a cite for this? The only definitions I can find,
or have ever heard used, indicate that "devise" is only used as a verb..
"We will devise a clever plan."
or (very rarely and only in legal documents) as a noun meaning a gift of
property via a will.

Besides, my point was simply to show that D-Mac and his 'daughter'
(2squid), who both used the term identically, were one and the same person.

Well, my daughter has picked up many terms and phrases from me, and I
assure you that I really have a daughter.

I don't see it spelled this way very often, but it's not rare.

I beg to differ - like I said, cites?

I went to Google.UK and typed in "printer devise". First result up:
http://www.myofficemonkey.co.uk/id4.html Second result up:
http://www.art4all.co.uk/collectprint2.htm (right column under
"Digital Printing Process". Enuf? You won't find it using Google
unless you specify Google.UK and UK pages.

I brought up Google.aus and specified Australian pages only. First
two hits use the "devise" spelling for "device". Many more for
"device", but I'm looking for some, not most.

To find this variation in a dictionary you would have to use a
dictionary that lists UK spellings as the primary spelling. The
online dictionaries are US-centric. I don't have access to the OED,
but I'd expect that it's at least listed as a variation there.


Not in my copy of the Concise OED, same goes for advice vs advise.
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