[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?
From: |
Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries? |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:07:54 +1200 |
> > So I can. British spellings, etymologically more accurate, refined
> > and cultured, are clearly so superior to ignorant and vulgar
> > Americanisms, that it vexes me that Emacs has chosen to use the
> > latter. I mean, "color" is something you wear round your neck, isn't
> > it?
>
> You mean "collar". You should exhibit a better grasp of spelling if you
> want to make a convincing point.
Lighten up, it's a joke. In UK English red is a "colour", so naturally
one then starts to wonder what "color" means. It made me smile anyway.
> Anyway, the point is that Emacs _has_ chosen a language for its
> documentation. It would be out of place if I commented my contributions
> in German, so why should others document in British?
Because British and American are almost the same language while German is
completely different?
Oops, sorry I seem to be in the wrong mailing list.
Emacs, anyone?
--
Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, (continued)
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, David Kastrup, 2008/06/29
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Richard M Stallman, 2008/06/29
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/06/29
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/06/29
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, David Kastrup, 2008/06/30
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/06/30
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, David Kastrup, 2008/06/30
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/06/30
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Alan Mackenzie, 2008/06/30
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, David Kastrup, 2008/06/30
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?,
Nick Roberts <=
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Alan Mackenzie, 2008/06/30
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/06/30
Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Stefan Monnier, 2008/06/27
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/06/27
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Kenichi Handa, 2008/06/27
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Miles Bader, 2008/06/27
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/06/27
- Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?, Kenichi Handa, 2008/06/27