From: Glenn Morris <gmorris+emacs@ast.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: colour vs. color vs. behaviour vs. behavior vs. horisontal vs. horizontal...
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:09:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jn3brr36te.fsf@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7ccd24b0506090717653a3fa6@mail.gmail.com> (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:17:49 +0200")
[all off-topic]
Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> Me, not being a native speaker, I tend to use color, behaviour,
> center, and "-ize" endings (they're closer to Spanish; the "-ise" ones
> look like a typo to my alien's eyes :).
Actually, the OED recommends "-ize" in most cases, and I'm happy to go
along with them on that one. Apparently, "-ise" comes from the French
influence. Shudder.
> I have no preference for "elevator" vs "lift", "subway" vs
> "underground"...
Ugh, don't get me started...
I'm moving to the US in a few weeks, and will probably end up using
the most obscure British terms I can, by way of defence/retaliation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-09 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2005-06-09 14:04 ` colour vs. color vs. behaviour vs. behavior vs. horisontal vs. horizontal Glenn Morris
2005-06-09 14:17 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-09 15:09 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2005-06-10 13:29 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-09 14:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-06-09 14:49 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-09 19:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-10 0:15 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-10 13:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-11 12:18 ` Richard Stallman
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