According to my Macquarie dictionary, the word in local use is jail but the established institutions still use the old spelling on their edifices.
MacQ backs you on 'tyre', but I have seen 'tire' a lot as well. It continues to evolve. -rob On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 10:08 AM Dan Kortschak <d...@kortschak.io> wrote: > On Sat, 2019-05-18 at 09:43 +1000, Rob Pike wrote: > > Australia is closer to Britain but sticks with jail > > and tire. > > I don't think this is true Australia wide - in Melbourne and Adelaide > (my home cities), I have always seen gaol and tyre. > > > I'm sure every English speaking country has its own set, and each > > is valid in place. > > And also at a finer resolution. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOXNBZT9GF2kF5ivyqSf9Dpry61otRvRBaULuo1p6rYknmHjQg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
