On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:13:54 +1000 (EST), "Rob Unsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Daniel Carrera wrote: > > > John Kane wrote: > > > No matter how we spell we are going to annoy some readers. Color just > > > looks wrong to me. > > > > Yay! Go John! > > One of these days I will start handing out pins that say "let's put the U > > back > > in COLOUR" :-D > > Love it, when you do I want one. > > > Maybe we should standarize on the Canadian Oxford Dictionary :) > > Perhaps a more logical approach would be to acknowledge the diversity of > the english language in the intro and indicate the spelling reflect the > origin of the author(s).
I had not thought of it that way but it is a good point and if anyone objects we point out that one of the many advantages of OOo is the diversity of dictionaries available to the user. It certainly is to me. I still remember paying for French dictionary for another Vi.0 of a wordprocessor only to find that it did not work V.2.0 a year later ----- John Kane Kingston ON Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613)888-2399 -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail...
