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Posted by Geoff Berrow on 07/24/05 18:11
I noticed that Message-ID: <xuidnbXX7JraA37fRVn-2Q@comcast.com> from
Jerry Stuckle contained the following:
>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>> I noticed that Message-ID: <pP2dnY-rQuWPkX7fRVn-1g@comcast.com> from
>> Jerry Stuckle contained the following:
>>
>>
>>>>I could never understand why colour could not be an alias for color in
>>>>HTML and CSS. Especially since HTML is a Brit idea <g>
>>>>
>>>Yep, that was then. But if you change it, millions of scripts will change.
>>
>>
>> Huh? The word is interpreted by the browser. All I'd like is for
>> browsers to recognise that the USA does not actually own the Internet.
>> In fact it would be even better if browsers could respond to whatever
>> the native language.
>>
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>First of all, I was taling about chmod() - not color/colour.
Well yes, take your point that one could write one's own aliases in
PHP.
>
>But as to your other point - you seem to have a chip on your shoulder.
Just doing my part to prevent the USA's assimilation of the 'net <g>. I
wouldn't call it a chip, but I do think it's a serious point.
>What's
>the difference between color and colour? Who really cares?
>
>Yes, I'm in the U.S. But if they had spelled it colour, I'd use it. No problem.
Someone, somewhere, decided to spell it like that. Someone who didn't
know or perhaps more importantly, didn't care that other people spelled
it differently. Sure it's a small point Jerry, but a significant one.
>
>But in the meantime you're asking all the browser manufacturers to change their
>code. You're asking anyone who ever created a script to parse HTML to change
>their code. You're asking the manufacturers of HTML editors to change their code.
No I'm not. I'm saying that with a little more thought and
consideration the browsers could have responded equally well to either
spelling. I'm saying that with a little more thought the markup could
have been in any language.
>
>All because of a "u"? There are far more important things in this world than
>whether it's spelled color or colour!
I think you are focussing on the example and not seeing the bigger
picture.
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