From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18980 invoked from network); 17 Jun 1999 13:13:32 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Jun 1999 13:13:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 22987 invoked by alias); 17 Jun 1999 13:13:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 6701 Received: (qmail 22980 invoked from network); 17 Jun 1999 13:13:03 -0000 Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:13:01 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199906171313.PAA12263@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> From: Sven Wischnowsky To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk In-reply-to: Peter Stephenson's message of Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:33:12 +0200 Subject: Re: Doc fixes - US vs. British spelling Peter Stephenson wrote: > Anthony.Iano-Fletcher@nih.gov wrote: > > > 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. > > Wize guy, eh? > > If you want a decision, then we'd better stick with `-ize' (apart from > -wise, of course). Many of the changes were necesssary because I spelled > it the other way (I can't rememember how Sven does). The authorities agree > that -ize has a perfectly good pedigree on both sides of the Atlantic, > although other oceans may be a different matter. I prefer the -ise forms... > On the other hand, I'm not sure I can bring myself to face `honor' and > `color'. Luckily, they don't occour, err, occur; we'd better keep it that > way to avoid an incident. There is this suggestion for supporting colo(u|)red completion lists... > (Gibt's Freiwilligen fuer eine deutsche Fassung??? Auch Plattdeutsch?) I can't see myself translating our 100++ pages manual to German without getting money for it (and I can understand Platt, but can hardly write it ;-). Aber eine Sammlung von Handbuechern in verschiedenen Sprachen -- das hat was. Bye Sven -- Sven Wischnowsky wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de