[GarthB]

Originally Posted by BretMan

Not to make light of a serious subject, Canadaump (and by extension, Garth, who answered in kind), but what you saw flashing in the sky was "lightning".

"Lightening" is something else altogether.

Maybe it's a Canadian thing, like "colour", eh?

Damn. It's that one word I screw up over and over. I could get my Phd. and I'd still screw that word up.

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There. I bet I won't screw up lightening again!