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 %=========================================================================
 \section{New-style and classic classes}
 
-Classes and instances come in two flavours: old-style or classic, and new-style.  
+Classes and instances come in two flavors: old-style or classic, and new-style.  
 
 Up to Python 2.1, old-style classes were the only flavour available to the
 user.  The concept of (old-style) class is unrelated to the concept of type: if
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@
 implemented before for compatibility concerns, like the method resolution order
 in case of multiple inheritance.
 
-This manuel is not up-to-date with respect to new-style classes.  For now,
+This manual is not up-to-date with respect to new-style classes.  For now,
 please see \url{http://www.python.org/doc/newstyle.html} for more information.
 
 The plan is to eventually drop old-style classes, leaving only the semantics of