Date   : Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:10:40 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

Jason Watton (Lycos) wrote:
> Annihilannic <annihilannic@...> wrote:
>> Like me you are probably equally irritated by 'insecure' as opposed to
>> 'unsecured' computers, 'license' (the verb) being used instead of
>> 'licence' (the noun), 'seperate' and 'definately' being continuously
>> mis-spelled, to name but a few...  ;-)
> 
> Similarly, 'license' is the US spelling of the UK noun 'licence'. I
> consciously use the former because the 'net is American.
> 
> Am I doing wrong?

Personally I write in my own language *unless* that would result in confusion 
for my particular target audience. So I'll almost exclusively use UK English 
spellings, but if I'm writing one-to-one to an American I'll often use their 
terms for things - the same goes for talking to people from other 
English-speaking countries)


The thing that always irritates me is when non-US people use US-English rather 
than their own local variant, because they've been brought up on a diet of US 
TV shows and are reacting from there rather than what they were taught in 
school. (I like diversity and regional trends - the world would be a very dull 
place if everyone were the same)


cheers

Jules