But we invented the words Bill! :lol: .... there they're just on permanent loan to you! :lol:I often make a business trip that takes me into the US North Eastern Seaboard, then up to Ontario and Nova Scotia, and I have to admit, whereas the colors of New England are spectacular, it's always lovely getting over the Canadian border, and seeing the colours of the maple leaves. ...ie it's nice when the spellings become familiar again.

Oh yeah... espeshuly in Baaa-stun! Drivin' in yer caaah around Beacon Hill, lookin' at the seenery...-- Just kidding!

I often make a business trip that takes me into the US North Eastern Seaboard, then up to Ontario and Novo Scotia...it's nice when the spellings become familiar again.

Ah....in that case, perhaps it is a good idea to spell that Nova Scotia not Novo Scotia.

Good catch, Stephen!

I often make a business trip that takes me into the US North Eastern Seaboard...

I can't understand why the east coast of North America is described as a 'seaboard' when the same term isn't used to describe the west coast or the Gulf coast.

On the West Coast, you quickly run into mountains. In the Gulf Coast, the only reason I can imagine is that it is a gulf. That and possibly Southerners prefer not to use a Yankee designation. Probably the real reason is "just because." I can tell you, it is long distance before you run into a mountain on the Texas gulf coast.