Non-motoring > Spot anything a little odd about this....? Miscellaneous
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:34 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - R.P.
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First one to point it out and the reason for it earns a virtual beer
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:47 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Robin O'Reliant
Er, the Endeavour logo is crooked?
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:47 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - R.P.
No :-)
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:48 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - R.P.
Therefore you must have a Baking Suit as well ?
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:49 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Runfer D'Hills
Might be wrong but wouldn't the septics normally spell Endeavour as Endeavor or something wrong like that? I know they have centers for example. Were the Pilgrim Fathers dyslexic?
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:52 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Manatee
>> Might be wrong but wouldn't the septics normally spell Endeavour as Endeavor or something wrong
>> like that? I know they have centers for example. Were the Pilgrim Fathers dyslexic?


Beat me to it.

I have a vague recollection that the Yanks actually legislated some conventional spellings at some point in the early days.
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:58 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Manatee
>>I have a vague recollection that the Yanks actually legislated some conventional spellings at some point in the early days.

I got that a bit wrong. It was apparently Webster and his dictionary - he was pro spelling reform and presumably put a few of his own ideas in!
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:50 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Manatee
I'd have guessed that the US spelling of Endeavour would be Endeavor.
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:52 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - R.P.
On the nose - the whole fleet was named after historically significant ships - HMS Endevour was the Shuttle's forerunner - the Americans stuck to the Original UK English spelling out of deference !
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:54 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Runfer D'Hills
Unlike you !

:-))
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:57 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - R.P.
Another pint then ?
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 16:57 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Zero
Surprised they didn't call the damn thing Nimitz. Still they never had a USN Victory did they!
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 Thu 10 Jan 13 17:12 
 Spot anything a little odd about this....? - Armel Coussine
>> never had a USN Victory did they!

Didn't exactly lose at Midway. Big stuff that was too.

I was stumped by the original question though, doh. Trust the cousins to trip a chap up by spelling something properly for a change.
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