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| Subject | Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle |
| From | Simon Ward <simon+python@bleah.co.uk> |
| Date | 2014-10-11 15:45 +0100 |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.14778.1413041388.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 11 October 2014 10:37:51 BST, Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> wrote: >I tend to agree that British English is the "correct" version for me, >since I'm European, though not British. > >The usage of -ise in verbs, however, is a newer attempt to set the >British English apart from the American: > > http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/ize-or-ise/ and > http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/ize-ise-or-yse > >Being a non-native English speaker/writer, I myself stick to the >recommendations of the Oxford dictionary. Oxford Dictionaries online is not just British English, it derives common usage from a corpus of English used around the world: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-are-the-main-differences-between-the-oed-and-odo http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/the-oxford-english-corpus Simon
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Toggle Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-08 20:11 -0400
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-09 12:29 +1100
[OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-09 18:43 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-09 19:24 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 06:53 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-09 23:48 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-10 17:31 +0000
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 22:01 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-10 20:05 +0000
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-10-11 11:37 +0200
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-11 12:45 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-11 16:26 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-11 15:20 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-10-11 15:55 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-12 00:40 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle giacomo boffi <pecore@pascolo.net> - 2014-10-18 09:06 +0200
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Simon Ward <simon+python@bleah.co.uk> - 2014-10-11 15:45 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle "Neil D. Cerutti" <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-10-10 10:46 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-10 18:45 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-09 18:53 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:11 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 13:08 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 21:40 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 13:51 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 22:50 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-10 20:19 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-11 13:33 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-11 22:03 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 10:21 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 17:52 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 18:04 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-10 18:38 +0100
Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-09 02:25 +0100
Re:Toggle Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-10-08 21:24 -0400
Re: Toggle Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-10-09 12:42 +1100
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 19:34 -0700
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-09 04:56 +0000
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:39 -0700
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 16:55 +1100
Re: Toggle Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-10-09 09:51 +0200
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 05:42 -0700
Re: Toggle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-09 16:57 -0400
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:18 +1100
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 07:24 -0700
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 07:28 -0700
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-11 01:36 +1100
Re: Toggle Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 10:07 -0600
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 09:33 -0700
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:15 +1100
Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-09 04:02 +0100
Re: Toggle random832@fastmail.us - 2014-10-08 23:54 -0400
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 14:57 +1100
Re: Toggle Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-10-09 17:57 +1300
Re: Toggle Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:38 -0700
Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-09 15:23 +0000
Re: Toggle Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2014-10-12 18:38 +0000
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 05:43 +1100
Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-13 08:09 +0000
Re: Toggle Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2014-10-10 13:44 +0200
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