Ironically, many English people think that -ize is an Americanism, but it's also the traditional English form, and, with a very few exceptions, is the preferred form according to the Oxford English dictionary. Go figure :) #g -- Lachlan Hunt wrote: > Joseph Anthony Pasquale Holsten wrote: >> A quick diff suggests this is the same as what had been up in github, >> with >> - s/recognize/recognise/ ... > We should be consistent with the use of en-GB or en-US spellings. > Normally, I would prefer to use en-GB, but in this case, since we have > to deal with references to sections in RFC 3986 for "... Normalization", > which uses the US spellings, and various other refernces that should use > US spellings, it's easier and more consistent to use en-US for > everything, than to carefully use en-GB for most things while leaving > en-US where necessary.Received on Sunday, 14 February 2010 11:04:49 UTC
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