English

[kickme]

What english should we be using?

American or British?

[Maeher]

Most of the game uses American english for all I know, so it seems right to me, to use American english in the wiki.

[SaucyWench]

I doubt it matters really. Players seem to cope alright when we do the MotD in UK English. The only time I am particular about it is in code (because it matters) where US-English is the convention. Trying to force correct (UK) English causes problems - ask JT what colour comes out on most browsers if you spell "grey" correctly.

(Let's just say that users were VERY unimpressed when their hitpoint bar showed up green and they were almost dead.)

[DaveS]

I think there's a couple of major words that are used a lot in lotgd that are different between the two languages.

I'm struggling to remember them all, but the two that I know I've seen a lot are:

travelling vs. traveling
realise vs. realize

However, I don't think it really matters too much.

But here's a fun llittle list I just stole from some website:

Some common words which are spelt differently in British English and American English (American English spellings are shown inside brackets):
-our (-or): behaviour (behavior); colour (color); favourite (favorite); harbour (harbor); honour (honor); humour (humor); labour (labor); neighbour (neighbor); rumour (rumor)
-re (-er): centimetre (centimeter); centre (center); fibre (fiber); litre (liter); theatre (theater)
-se (-ze): analyse (analyze); apologise (apologize); organise (organize); realise (realize)
-ce (-se): defence (defense); a licence (a license); an offence (an offense)
-se (-ce): to practise (to practice)
-en (-in): enquiry (inquiry)
-l (-ll): enrolment (enrollment); fulfil (fulfill); instalment (installment); skilful (skillful)
-ll (-l): jewellery (jewelry); quarrelling (quarreling); traveller (traveler); woollen (woolen)
-oe (e): diarrhoea (diarrhea); foetus (fetus); manoeuvre (maneuver)
-ae (e): anaesthetic (anesthetic); encyclopaedia (encyclopedia)

[Talisman]

I'm Canadian, so my preference would naturally be British-English.  However, I'm just happy that people contribute, so they're free to use whichever spellings (British/American) they're most comfortable with.

I agree there are certain aspects in which accuracy is important - particularly in code.  $session['user']['defence'] won't work in place of $session['user']['defense'].   

As long as the entries aren't in Swahili...

[Elessa]

i may be a yank, born and bred, however i prefer the british spelling of words.

used to confound teachers with it whilst in school.  how could they say i was wrong? 

[XChrisX]

It the wiki also set up to support different languages? (Just out of pure interest... For programming english is the better language [personal opinion] and I find it easier to communicate coding related problems in English (but some people might feel different[/personal opinion].

[Talisman]

It the wiki also set up to support different languages? (Just out of pure interest... For programming english is the better language [personal opinion] and I find it easier to communicate coding related problems in English (but some people might feel different[/personal opinion].

I'm not sure what languages are currently or can be supported; reckon we'll learn about that more when we hit it...

[Catscradler]

Ooooh!  Can we get one that translates everything to pig latin?

[CortalUX]

Ooooh!  Can we get one that translates everything to pig latin?

Aye, Seconded!  And don't forget the good old Bork, and Pirate! Yarrrr, bork bork bork.