[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia English English

[Alphax]

Jack wrote:
<snip>
>>Actually, the policy is (or at least was):
>>
>>* If subject of article is British (or other Commonwealth
>>English)-related, use Commonwealth English.
>>* If subject of article is USian, use US English
>>* If neither applies, majority style (in case both are used) of original
>>author is preferred.
> 
> 
>  And what of "Aubergines" and "Eggplants"? "Colour" and "Color"
> 

Aubergine is a French word left over from the 1800s - 1900s when it
became popular in England to use French culinary terms. Everyone else
had already taken Eggplant and run with it.

-- 
Alphax                      |   /"\
Encrypted Email Preferred   |   \ /     ASCII Ribbon Campaign
OpenPGP key ID: 0xF874C613  |    X   Against HTML email & vCards
http://tinyurl.com/cc9up    |   / \