On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 03:59 am, David Crossley wrote:
> Another issue to add to the list is standard spelling. > Considering that we are talking English, i would prefer > to see British English spelling rather than a dialect, > such as Americanization. For example: > howto-visualise-sitemap.html rather than > howto-visualize-sitemap.html > > I suppose that consistency is all that really matters. > We would need to apply that decision across the whole > of the Cocoon distribution (filenames and in content) > including the Java code. > Being a native Briton myself, I completely agree ;) however Java is already full of spelling mistakes (sorry, American spellings ;) Serializer, Color, Center etc. It is a cultural issue, I am sure Britons think of their language as THE English but I imagine many more people speak/write American English. I suspect most American English speakers view British spelling as a quaint, almost Shakespearian dialect. (To Britons, "Quaint" is a typically American word, however Shakespeare used it to mean: "skillfull, esp in use of language", it was not till Spenser that the current usage appeared: "pleasantly odd, whimsical") (Sorry, I am behind reading the list at the moment .... ) regards Jeremy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
