From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18708 invoked from network); 17 Jun 1999 12:49:57 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Jun 1999 12:49:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 20995 invoked by alias); 17 Jun 1999 12:49:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 6698 Received: (qmail 20981 invoked from network); 17 Jun 1999 12:49:24 -0000 From: Anthony.Iano-Fletcher@nih.gov Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:49:22 -0400 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk Subject: Re: Doc fixes - US vs. British spelling Message-ID: <19990617084922.B25725@argo.cit.nih.gov> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk References: <4FBF540FF16FD1119D9600A0C94B2B51F29E8F@napier.logica.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.5i In-Reply-To: <4FBF540FF16FD1119D9600A0C94B2B51F29E8F@napier.logica.co.uk>; from Kiddle, Oliver on Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 09:45:16AM +0100 Hi Firstly, I'd like to join with Helmut when he says.... > MANY MANY thanks to all who help improving ZSH Secondly, > If British spelling is generally prefered I certainly prefer it. So much computer documentation is written in American that Im used to it but it would be nice to have some in British english. > words this found were 'bitwise', 'otherwise' and 'recognise'. I haven't > got a US dictionary so can't confirm it but I'd guess that only the > latter would be spelt with a z in America. There are also some other > British spellings like behaviour and favour in there. yes, Americans spell recognise with a z. Bitwise and otherwise I think are correct on either side of the Atlantic. Anthony -- Anthony R Iano-Fletcher Anthony.Iano-Fletcher@nih.gov http://cbel.cit.nih.gov/~arif CBEL, CIT, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. Phone: (+1) 301 402 1741.