Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:11:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>, John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Subject: Re: Misspelling in lib/libutil/login_cap.3 [w/ patch] Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980411130248.28521H-100000@james.hwcn.org> In-Reply-To: <19980411011611.17670@vmunix.com>
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On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Mark Mayo wrote: > Just for the record, the Canadian English version also uses 's', although > 'z' is also acceptable.. Obviously, being a bilingual country (at least > in theory..) with French as the second language, Canadian English has > many french'isms.. The most notable differences are the use of "ise" > over "ize" in most circumstances, the spelling of some "er" ending Hm. My ITP Nelson Canadian dictionary seems to prefer -ize over -ise. Locally, at least, it feels like -ize is preferred, although "locally" is pretty close to the US. > words with "re", and many "or" ending words with "our". Examples are > centre, metre, colour, etc, etc.. Ah, but that's because those endings are superior to the American ones! :) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the messagehelp
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