Claude, does that mean that the Sulphur Springs Hotels in Texas have to change their name to Sulfa?? regards, Bill Richardson, West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia ixia@dcsi.net.au Ixia Website: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ixia/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claude Sweet" <claudesweet@cox.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Sulfur, Sulfa ----- Sulphur? > The spelling of sulphur is "sulfur" in the USA and now that IUPAC has > decided it has jurisdiction over the British English language (as > distinct from American English) as well as nomenclature, the UK is > expected to use the "f" form of the word. > >