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Subject: Re: colour vs. color vs. behaviour vs. behavior vs. horisontal vs.
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> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:42:12 +0200
> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
> 
> Is there any intent to maintain consistency in docstrings and texinfo
> docs wrt alternate spellings? (In fact, I think "horisontal" is
> incorrect, but I'll defer to native speakers...)
> 
> In code:
> - horizontal is used in almost 99%
> - color is ~ 99%
> - behavior > 70%
> 
> In the texinfo docs, "horisontal" and "colour" are not used;
> "behaviour" is about 7%.

AFAIK, the Emacs documentation follows the American spelling.  So
color, behavior and horizontal are correct.