- From: Graham Klyne <GK-lists@ninebynine.org>
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:54:32 +0000
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- CC: Joseph Anthony Pasquale Holsten <joseph@josephholsten.com>, uri-review@ietf.org, public-html <public-html@w3.org>, URI <uri@w3.org>
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.
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