On 23/09/05, Pawe³ Dembowski fallout@lexx.eu.org wrote:
Well, I would say that if a word exists that is understandable on both sides of the Ocean, even if used not as often as other forms, it should be preferred. Other than that, however, I see nothing wrong with using either British, American, Canadian, Australian in any article.
There are some phrases that need stamped out, ones which can be easily made "mid-atlantic English". It might be useful to figure out a way of finding these and rephrasing them - yes, policy says not to go around "fixing" spellings, but this doesn't mean we can't change "he wrote his mother about this" to something which looks "good English" to all readers. Unfortunately, that very case is probably the hardest one to search out...
-- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk