On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:37 AM, Craig Garner <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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. > > Don't worry. None of the changes are going in anyway.
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