Topic: British or Amercan English?

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Astuur Topic Opener Joined: 2009-02-28, 10:08 UTC+1.0 Posts: 733 One Elder of Players Location: Frankfurt / Germany	Posted at: 2011-11-22, 19:30 UTC+1.0 I'm currently revising some Wiki articles from a linguistic point of view. Honestly I'd rather see some native English speaker do that, but it seems we're short on them. However, even for me some obvious flaws clearly show, and I am trying to correct them. So the question comes up: are we using US-English or British English here? ( or Australian or .... Has this even been decided, or discussed even? Being no programmer, I apologize for all my suggestions that imply undue workload and for other misjudgements due to lack of expertise or relevant skills. I am on Win32, have no means to compile, and rely on prefabricated distributions (Thanks to Tino). Top Quote

Venatrix Joined: 2010-10-05, 20:31 UTC+2.0 Posts: 447 Tribe Member Location: Germany	Posted at: 2011-11-22, 20:20 UTC+1.0 I dont know, if it was discussed before, but I vote for Oxford English, for thats what weve learned in school. Two is the oddest prime. Top Quote

Astuur Topic Opener Joined: 2009-02-28, 10:08 UTC+1.0 Posts: 733 One Elder of Players Location: Frankfurt / Germany	Posted at: 2011-11-23, 05:08 UTC+1.0 True, of course, but some of the older folks (like me may have more practice with the US variant. More important than that may be our user base. Do we have any information, where the registered users come from? Being no programmer, I apologize for all my suggestions that imply undue workload and for other misjudgements due to lack of expertise or relevant skills. I am on Win32, have no means to compile, and rely on prefabricated distributions (Thanks to Tino). Top Quote

Horatio Joined: 2011-11-07, 20:27 UTC+1.0 Posts: 36 Pry about Widelands	Posted at: 2011-11-23, 10:50 UTC+1.0 Colour beats color any day. Top Quote

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