On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > Rich Bowen wrote: > > > > The question is, american o vs. british ou. iSpell tells me that > > 'behaviour' is mispelled. I know that it is not, technically, but I > > also believe that the documentation should be internally consistent. > > What I seem to remember is Ken saying that we should go with the > > American spelling, and being consistent, but I can't find this in the > > archives. > > More likely it was I who spelt it that way, and want it to > stay in. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little > minds. > > We have more important things to worry about than the minor > differences between US and UK English. Those, I ween, should be > left alone; having someone on the other side of the pond correct > perfectly valid English is not going to do much except piss people > off.
ok. not feeing particularly one way or the other about this, I'll convince ispell that it's ok, and commit what I have. Thanks for the clarification. -- And everyone said, "If we only live, We too will go to sea in a Sieve - To the hills of the Chankly Bore!" (The Jumblies, by Edward Lear) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
