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Jack Dark wrote: |
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> While browsing the docs in search of general spelling errors, I |
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> noticed that a few documents had internationalized spelling of certain |
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> words. Are the docs generally supposed to be written in American |
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> English--as most of the English ones seem to be--or is that |
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> unimportant? I have no particular preference either way; the addition |
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I think that as long as we get the point across and the word/sentence is |
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correct english, it doesn't matter. |
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> or subtraction of a few letters from the odd word doesn't bother me. I |
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> was just wondering if doc writers are supposed to adhere to one |
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> consistent spelling scheme even though it might be outside of their |
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> region. |
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Don't think so. |
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> For example, do the doc writers from the UK have to spell using |
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> American English (or Australian English), even though it's not what |
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> they're familiar with, or are the guidelines much more relaxed and |
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> permit one's native lexicon to be used? |
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There is only *one* english, British. Hehe, j/king. |
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Anyway, AFAIK, we have no rules on that, and I think it is darn too |
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trivial to sit and actually bother about. If the sentence |
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formation/spelling is good, we're okay. As an example, I recently |
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removed sections of a patch that changed correct British English to |
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American English like localisation to localization because it is |
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unnecessary to correct something that is already correct :) |
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Regards, |
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