Gervase Markham wrote: >> Suggestion: >> How about we decide which version of English to use and then just >> use them consistently? > > > Good idea. Let's use English English, the only true English. ;-) > > Seriously, it's not worth the fight that will ensue. > > Gerv >
As an American that's done oodles of (bad) writing in Canadian context (where English English rules), carelessly offending sensibilities on both sides of the fence that might care, i have to agree w/ Gervase: *do not* waste precious bandwidth trying to resolve this issue. Who really cares, anyway? My experience tells me that Canadians can ultimately deal with any English (so long as it isn't French ;-), and i suspect Brits and Yanks are also too busy to care. If for some reason a policy is deemed necessary, then the only one i could support is to handle it essentially the way i handle gender-biased language: mix it up as evenhandedly as possible. Else we must all hide our true colo[u]rs by means of patently ridiculous conventions, and the cent[e]r[e], [s]he canna' hold, Cap'n. Cheers, mates. |/|/alt
