On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:54:41 -0400 John P. Baker wrote: > Both are correct, "licence" being normally found in UK dictionaries, > and"license" being normally found is US dictionaries. > > However, consideration should be given to uniformity in that in any > web pages, documents, etc., we should be consistent in the use of US > English or UK English. We should make an effort not to mix UK English > and US English. > > I have not looked to see how many, if any, inconsistencies exist. > > I would pose the question as to whether we have, or should adopt, a > standard as to which variant of English should be preferred in such > documents as licences/licenses, etc. >
Given that it is an international website, i think we should simply allow for authors of multiple nationalities without getting stressed about it. Etymologists will find it interesting, the rest of us should just relax and enjoy the colour and international flavours ;) -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
