Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 30, 2016

But 1 May is tomorrow, Snoop.

Dancing like that is good for you ANY day of the year….

Perhaps leap year day of this year threw the Snoopster off schedule.

The strips are out of order, which is why Snoopy’s doing his May dance in April. If you go back in the archives to 1969, this strip indeed fell on May 1, but is published today because May 1 is a Sunday this year. In fact, the “charge” strip from a few days ago was originally published May 10, 1969.

One would hope he’d never forget the steps…

In British English, you are correct. However in American English “practice” is the preferred spelling for both the noun and the verb.

American English long ago codified the two British spellings as only one: with a “c,” but British English still uses both spellings, tho certainly many Brits have trouble with which is which. So for Brits, the “s” goes with the verb (& its adj), the noun uses the “c.” You may not be aware that Schulz was American. Greenacres2 might be a fellow American, commenting on an American comic, so it would be reasonable and proper for him to spell it “practicing”,not “practising.” If you’re British, please use both spellings in the appropriate places. And then there are those of us who learned multiple spelling systems from multiple countries and naturally use multiple spellings – sometimes intentionally using the opposite of where we are, just to mess with people. So above, I used what once was a standard spelling, and it’s still in my dictionary, but no longer considered standard. If you have a limited English experience, you might fuss about that word – even though it is correctly spelled.

Yeah for the spelling info! For all you spelling police out there, I’m sorry if I do occasionally spell a word wrong or -heaven forbid! -make a grammar mistake.

A gramatical mistake.

The world is a happier place when Snoopy dances!

Both spellings are CORRECT!!

grammatical error

The distinctions (between the dances) are not important; just keep dancin’!

Both are correct. It’s practice or practise, practiced or practised, practicing or practising according to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.

Who caires?

Sometimes we need to practice tolerance over variations in spelling…

@Number ThreeHello, Brit!

Your “Skull Plait” is beautiful. And I’ll bet it looks just as good wavy. Thanks for the picture! I think braids and plaits look wonderful on most girls. My hair is naturally wavy. Sometimes it’s a pain to put up with. But the older I get, the more grateful I am that I have any hair at all. :-D

I’m glad you didn’t have to change your email address. I always look forward to getting email from you.

Hope you are having sunny days over there. It’s been raining a lot over here. Looking forward to having some more sunny Spring days. We’ve had a few but not enough! :-)

Have a terrific week!!!♥♥♥

In other words, Snoopy just loves to dance!

xxx

Ahhh . . . “America and Britain are two countries divided by a common language.”

Why are so many people upset that this strip isn’t being run on May 1st? These are reruns, guys! This reminds me of how, in the olden days, network syndication packages for popular TV shows wouldn’t include Christmas shows, because the people putting the deals together thought the audience either wouldn’t watch or would be confused by watching a Christmas episode in July.

I love it when Snoopy dances.