[ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [gedmurphy] 25001: allow the Americans their incorrect spellings and add a correct UK resource file ; )

Peter Dolding oiaohm at bluebottle.com
Sun Dec 3 00:18:17 CET 2006


Ged Murphy wrote:
> Horváth Róbert wrote:
>   
>> Justin Haygood wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Out of curiosity.. what's the diff between en-CA and for example, en-UK and
>>> en-US? My girlfriend's laptop is en-US (she's from Toronto), and she 
>>> doesn't
>>> see anything wrong with it.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> It's the spelling:
>> UK: Colour US: Color
>> centre, center
>> defence, defense,
>> dialogue, dialog,
>> favourite, favorite
>> humor, humour
>> and so on.. and, there must be a distinct CA dialect too. I only know 
>> these 'famous' words of difference. google it for more.
>>     
>
> After Alex noted about the Canadian version, I had a quick look for the 
> English Canadian sublang ID, but I couldn't find anything.
> Do English speaking Canadians use the US language?
>   
I think Canadian is like Australia.   Both UK and USA are supported.  
So  centre and center are right here these days.

Peter Dolding

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