On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 01:48:11PM -0400, Neil Conway wrote: > On Thu, 2005-13-10 at 12:17 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > I don't agree that we need to force one spelling of common words when > > many dictionaries recognise the validity of variant spellings. > > There is obviously no "need" to force the use of one spelling variant or > another. However, I think it is good style to consistently use either > American or British English.
To give an idea of the scope of the changes I submitted, here are counts for the words I changed and their variants: 2 behaviour 195 behavior 1 organisation 6 organization 1 recognised 35 recognized 1 recognises 4 recognizes That's 5 changes out of 245 total occurrences. -- Michael Fuhr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
