Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?

[Alan Mackenzie]

'n Tag, Johannes!

On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:36:55AM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Hi,

> Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> > 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?  And surely if the Americans had had the moral character to
> > retain proper spelling, they wouldn't have brutishly, arrogantly and
> > indiscriminately kidnapped several hundred men, detained them
> > unlawfully in Cuba for many years and tortured them.  Although this
> > is intuitively obvious, it's a little difficult to demonstrate
> > scientifically.  Hey, I can't help the prejudices of my upbringing,
> > though I try.  Sometimes. ;-)

> While we are discussing vulgarism, it is called ,,Nürnberg'' ;)

It is, indeed.  Trouble is, and I can't be Frank enough here, native
English speakers can't pronounce Nürnberg properly.  Even I can't manage
it, though I've lived here for some while.  Fürth is even more
troublesome.

Still, it could be worse.  I've seen "Nuremburg" in print.  Funny,
though, because the castle here is far more prominent than any mountain.

>       Hannes

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nürnberg, Franken).