Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries?

[Johannes Weiner]

Hi,

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> Morning, David and everybody else!
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 07:25:22AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> "Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 00:05, Richard M Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> >> Are you accusing me of being inconsistent, then ;-)?
>
>> > Well, now that you mention it...
>
>> >> But here there is no sacrifice.  If Glenn wants to spend his time
>> >> this way, why argue?
>
>> > Fair enough. My comments are only because I think some of the authors
>> > of the entries would want their linguistic flavour preserved.
>
>> Well, those authors are presumably reading the Emacs developer list
>> when they are bothered about what happens "downstream" with their
>> contribution.  So they can speak up for themselves.
>
> So I can.  British spellings, etymologically more accurate, refined and
> cultured, are clearly so superior to ignorant and vulgar Americanisms,
> that it vexes me that Emacs has chosen to use the latter.  I mean,
> "color" is something you wear round your neck, isn't it?  And surely if
> the Americans had had the moral character to retain proper spelling, they
> wouldn't have brutishly, arrogantly and indiscriminately kidnapped
> several hundred men, detained them unlawfully in Cuba for many years and
> tortured them.  Although this is intuitively obvious, it's a little
> difficult to demonstrate scientifically.  Hey, I can't help the
> prejudices of my upbringing, though I try.  Sometimes. ;-)

> -- 
> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

While we are discussing vulgarism, it is called ,,Nürnberg'' ;)

        Hannes