On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Richard Melville < [email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Gerard stopped activly editing over 10 years ago, although he still > >>> supports the project in other ways. Actually he is a Canadian citizen > >>> and I believe used US English from the beginning. > >> > >> > >> Well, you certainly know better than me, I always got the impression he > was > >> from the Netherlands. Funnily enough, I just checked and found that > >> "behaviour" is also the correct spelling in Canada. > >> > >> But I'll stop here, you're the editor, so of course your decision > stands. > >> It's not really a big problem for me. > > The spelling of many words in the UK is related to the French > language, and, as Canada clearly has a very strong French influence, > it's not surprising that, generally, their spelling is aligned with > our own here in the UK. > > Somebody from Germany told me the other day that French people had > said to him that they considered the English language "to be just very > bad French". Personally, I think that's a bit of an exaggeration. > > Richard > -- > > I have decided when I do the spelling thing or whatever to leave words alone as long as they are spelled correctly in US or GB.
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