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Last post: 2 years, 10 months ago | Thread started: Mar 18, 09, 8:17 p.m.

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  • heavyt

    I was just thinking - in CSS, there is a text-transform property 'capitalize'. I know that the Queen's English would spell this 'capitalise'.
    Does this American English pose a problem for any of you programmers in the UK or Canada? Or, does it just bug the sh!Z out of you?

    Mar 18, 09, 8:17 p.m. – Permalink
  • airey

    you have to program in american english. it's not rocket science.

    • USA invented programming. deal with it. USA USA USA!sublocked
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    Dog-earMar 18, 09, 8:19 p.m. – Permalink
  • Nairn

    Oh, it starts way before that, you bastard yanks.

    12 years of referencing 'color' in HTML? Pfft.

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    Dog-earMar 18, 09, 8:20 p.m. – Permalink
  • airey

    so i'm used to spelling 'colour', i web i have to use 'color'. it really pushes the boundary of human intelligence that kind of bait-and-switch.

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    Dog-earMar 18, 09, 8:21 p.m. – Permalink
  • Nairn

    It's when you catch yourself writing 'color' in day to day English that the forehead veins start popping.

    • yep, been there.airey
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    Dog-earMar 18, 09, 8:21 p.m. – Permalink
  • Nairn

    As an aside, I'm a wholehearted supporter of 'math'. It irritates the shit out of a friend, a fellow pernickity Englander, when I drop the S.

    • i use both depending on which version irritates who i'm talking to.airey
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    Dog-earMar 18, 09, 8:22 p.m. – Permalink
  • Nairn

    If I have one irritation (I don't, I have many), it's when Amero-centric web sites offer a language selection and put 'English' with an American flag. Now, if you've British/International English and American English options available, and decide to differentiate - fair enough. But not having the Union Jack or St. George when referencing plain 'English' is just wrong.

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    Dog-earMar 18, 09, 8:25 p.m. – Permalink
  • airey

    Nairn, i think you need to get more sleep. if that is actually even on the radar of concern you must just be tired.

    • It's an on-going issue.Nairn1/2
      But yes, sleep would be a good idea at this point :)Nairn2/2
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    Dog-earMar 18, 09, 8:31 p.m. – Permalink

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