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Subject:Re: US versus UK English, How relevant? From:ellis -at- cherryleaf -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:02:53 -0700
No, that's not correct.
In the UK it is spelt "dialog box" - we use the US form for this computer
term, but retain the UK spelling for the verb. I've never seen "dialouge
box" used in a current UK computer manual.