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f/fgeorge

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(Msg. 16) Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:15 am
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:43 am
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On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:15:22 GMT, f/fgeorge wrote:
>On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:08:58 +0200, "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)"
>>On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:12:00 -0700, "Tom Crooze" wrote:
>>>"Mac" <mac DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message

>>>> Surely it should be "Centre"?

>>I'd balance the risk/benefits, and prolly decide to go with the same
>>spelling if there are any downsides.

>>Even if the code is OK with arbitrary strings, there are off-PC
>>effects to consider, such as searching the Internet for particular
>>literal strings .... let's say I have a UK PC and I see an error "The
>>Security Centre has stopped responding". I start a web browser and
>>enter that literal text, in quotes, and search for it. I get a few
>>hits, but the answer I'm looking for may be missed, if it used "The
>>Security Center has stopped responding" instead

>kinda the same as you spelling the word 'spelled' "spelt", or me using
>the word 'kinda' instead of 'kind of'. We put our choice into a search
>engine and sometimes the right thing pops out, sometimes not.

Sort of, but not really. I might write "kinda" but if I were
searching, I'd use the more proper "kind of".

More to the point; if searching for an error message or other dialog
text, I'd make a point of entering it *exactly* as it appears. If the
way it appears differs in one half of the English language sphere,
then I'm halving what I could be searching for.

I'm not dogmatic about this, BTW; I'm rather pointing out a potential
downside to the language fragmentation effect. My compromise would
probably be to use regional English in general contexts, but unify the
language within dialog boxes, error messages and other literals that
might be used as search biopsies.



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(Msg. 18) Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:53 pm
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:03 pm
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:53:42 GMT, f/fgeorge wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:43:28 +0200, "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)"
>>On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:15:22 GMT, f/fgeorge wrote:
>>>On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:08:58 +0200, "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)"
>>>>On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:12:00 -0700, "Tom Crooze" wrote:
>>>>>"Mac" <mac.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message

>>>>>> Surely it should be "Centre"?

>>>>Even if the code is OK with arbitrary strings, there are off-PC
>>>>effects to consider, such as searching the Internet

>>I'm not dogmatic about this, BTW; I'm rather pointing out a potential
>>downside to the language fragmentation effect.

>...since MS is in the US, they do it the US way. If your copy is
>setup as a UK version then I can see your question

I'd assumed Mac (the first poster in this reply) was using the UK
edition. I wouldn't expect "centre" in the US edition.

>and that would come down to 'that seems strange'

Just as you're a wee bit heated about keeping US English in the face
of "we invented the language and it should be like *this* " pressure,
so you have to accept that other regional dialects resent an
Americanization of their language from current realities.

MS accepts this, and has gone to some lengths to support various
languages and regional norms. It's in this context that Mac and I
were musing on why MS chose to spell "center" as such, rather than
"centre", in what I presumed was the UK edition.

Recently I read Wikipedia's style guide and other pages on language
issues, and the impression I came away with was that these norms are
changing within the UK - prolly dating back to a BBC policy shift from
a centralized "Queen's English" to embracing regionalized accents.

IOW I'm not certain UK folks still use "centre" rather than "center".

I'm neither in the US nor UK (nor in MS, for that matter), and what I
use tends to be what is shortest - I stop short of txt spk, but am
happy to use contractions such as tho, thru, color, prolly etc.
especially if it keeps my bullet points from breaking across lines
Wink

In particular, I use "program" for code and "programme" for project or
broadcast, e.g. "I watched a programme on the TV yesterday about
Microsoft's new programme of program development".



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