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Re: Doc fixes - US vs. British spelling
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- From: Anthony.Iano-Fletcher@xxxxxxx
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- Subject: Re: Doc fixes - US vs. British spelling
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:49:22 -0400
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Hi
Firstly, I'd like to join with Helmut when he says....
> MANY MANY thanks to all who help improving ZSH
Secondly,
> If British spelling is generally prefered
I certainly prefer it. So much computer documentation is written in
American that Im used to it but it would be nice to have some in
British english.
> words this found were 'bitwise', 'otherwise' and 'recognise'. I haven't
> got a US dictionary so can't confirm it but I'd guess that only the
> latter would be spelt with a z in America. There are also some other
> British spellings like behaviour and favour in there.
yes, Americans spell recognise with a z. Bitwise and otherwise I think
are correct on either side of the Atlantic.
Anthony
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