"Adam D. Ruppe" <destructiona...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:sgmfyzmrfygshlmfq...@forum.dlang.org... > On Tuesday, 6 March 2012 at 20:20:47 UTC, Derek wrote: >> Should we use American or English spelling? Color verses Colour, for >> example? > > I can go either way. I lean toward English spelling > though, simply because America is the exceptional > country (in the world and on the newsgroup too) in > this regard. >
British English may be the more "official" English, with American English as a mere variation, but AIUI, the "de facto international language" is American English, not British English, as a result of the US being a long-time major economic superpower (for better or worse). England used to be a major superpower, but that was centuries ago, and from what I can tell, American English seems to be the preferred "de facto standard" English now. 'Course, I'm in the US, so I may simply be biased just because, as an american, I do, for example, prefer "color" over "colour". (OTOH, I think the word "lorry" is awesome. Not sure if I spelled it right, though.) Speaking of...do the British actually pronounce colour with a "u" sound? If not, I'd argue "color" really is a better spelling ;) (Not as good as "kulr", but whatever) > But, either option is better than "Clr" or "Col". "clr" is the verb "clear" and "col" is "column" :)