Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:12:12 +0100 From: Markus Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Check out the linux-utf8 archive for an interesting discussion on why Commonwealth English should be preferred In that discussion, Robert Brady claimed that there are no common cases where one Commonwealth English word maps to different American English words. But there are many counterexamples to this claim, e.g., Commonwealth English "lift" maps to American English "lift" and "elevator". For more on this subject please see H.L. Mencken's classic book _The American Language_. If the code's maintainer prefers Commonwealth English then I suppose it should be his call, but my suggestion would be to stick to the Unix tradition of American English message IDs, as it simplifes the translator's job if the source language is standardized. American English is clearly the standard now, and changing this would be more trouble than it's worth. - Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/lists/
