On 19/09/05, Ole Andersen palnatoke@gmail.com wrote:
On 19/09/05, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
I would guess this is the same person who ranted at the en: Help Desk yesterday about the issue.
As this rant included (edited highlights) -
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I want Wikipedia "English" to be partitioned in to "English" and "American".
It could be done, of course. We could also have Australian, Indian and South African English. If we wanted to do so, that is.
I don't think there is significant difference - I think it's really a split between "Commonwealth English" and "American English". The cultural ties - even down to soap operas on telly mean that Aussies and Pommes and South Africans have much more affinity and familiarity with each other, and this also extends to language. When it comes to Americans, however, there really is a gulf of (mis)understanding (and misspelling). But I think you miss the point in that - I'm not talking about making a "British English" wikipedia (In fact I don't believe the £British English£ article should exist, becuase the term does not make any sense outside America) - I want the English Wikipedia to be reclaimed by English or Commonwealth English speakers, and the Americans given their own "/am-en" American-English wikipedia.
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