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Re: Possible Bug in s.tmac (forked from: [Groff] pointsize changes in .N
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Peter Schaffter |
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Re: Possible Bug in s.tmac (forked from: [Groff] pointsize changes in .NH ms-macro) |
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Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:48:27 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.4i |
On Fri, Sep 24, 2004, Werner Lemberg wrote:
>
> > I note that you changed my spelling of 'initialisation' to
> > 'initialization'. Personally, I think this Americanised spelling is
> > ugly, but I'm sure that is just because I'm British, and our friends
> > on the west side of the Atlantic would disagree -- in any case, it
> > isn't *really* important.
>
> Everything in the groff docs use `-zation' instead of `-sation'. If
> you find something different, just tell me. We could change
> everything to `-sation', but since groff uses American English
> hyphenation patterns by default, I think it is not the worst choice to
> stay with American English (without using `nite' or `brite', of
> course).
This sounds very much like the Canadian solution to the
British/American spelling problem. :)
--
Peter Schaffter
Author of _The Schumann Proof_ (RendezVous Press, Canada)
- Re: Possible Bug in s.tmac (forked from: [Groff] pointsize changes in .NH ms-macro), Keith MARSHALL, 2004/09/24
- Re: Possible Bug in s.tmac (forked from: [Groff] pointsize changes in .NH ms-macro), Werner LEMBERG, 2004/09/24
- Re: Possible Bug in s.tmac (forked from: [Groff] pointsize changes in .NH ms-macro),
Peter Schaffter <=
- Re: Possible Bug in s.tmac (forked from: [Groff] pointsize changes in .NH ms-macro), Meg McRoberts, 2004/09/24
- [Groff] Spelling [was Possible Bug in s.tmac], Peter Schaffter, 2004/09/25
- Re: [Groff] Spelling [was Possible Bug in s.tmac], Meg McRoberts, 2004/09/25
- Re: [Groff] Spelling [was Possible Bug in s.tmac], Keith Marshall, 2004/09/25
- Re: [Groff] Spelling [was Possible Bug in s.tmac], Clarke Echols, 2004/09/25