From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: doug@cs.dartmouth.edu (Doug McIlroy)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:08:01 -0500
Subject: [TUHS] Spell - was tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from
Message-ID: <201711211608.vALG81PQ014303@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU>

        `quotes'
> rules used ...  to create British spelling from an American
> English database often leave a lot to be desired.

Among the BUGS listed for spell(1) in v7 was "Britsh spelling was
done by an American".

Nevertheless, at least one British expat thanked me for spell -b.
He had been using the original "spell", and ignoring its reports
of British "misspellings". But, he said, long exposure to American
writing had infected his writing. Spell -b was a blessing, for
revealed where his usage wobbled between traditions.