On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:38:08 +1100, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote:
British English may be the more "official" English, with American
English as a mere variation ...
In one sense, American English is often a sort of abbreviated version in
which seemingly superfluous letters are omitted. But in other cases, it
more accurately reflects pronunciation (colorize verses colourise).
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)
I'm not sure about British pronunciation (I'm Australian) but 'color' is
said as "kull-ore' and 'colour' is said like 'kull-er' or even 'kull-ah'.
But my point, a part from being a bit whimsical, was that we can even have
disagreements over fully spelt (spelled?) words let alone abbreviations
(ironically that is word that *needs* shortening) so I think the criteria
for publicly exposed function names should hinge on the consistency of
naming conventions rather than focus on abbrv. vs. FullySpelledOutWords.
--
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
