[Wikipedia-l] A language question

[Karen AKA Kajikit]

Vicki Rosenzweig wrote:
> 
> At 09:56 AM 4/9/02 +1000, Kakajit wrote:
> >I am Australian, and so I write my articles using Australian English,
> >which is pretty much the same as British English... somebody just came
> >along and re-edited one of my articles, changing most of the terms over
> >to US English and removing the Australianisms.  I know that most
> >Americans wouldn't have a clue what a 'milk bar' was, but does that mean
> >that I should NOT use the term in any of my writing? Australians use the
> >internet too!
> The policy is, basically, that any standard form of English is cool--US, Oz,
> UK, Canada, NZ, India, etc. If all the other person did was replace Australian
> usage with American, I'd say you're justified in reverting; if they also added
> information or otherwise improved the article, best to leave it, I think. (The
> second sentence here is one Wikipedian's opinion, not policy.)

Ok, thanks guys... I just figured out how to reincorporate 'my'
information into the article. I'll just make a sentence that says that
'in Australia ice cream is sold in milk bars' etc and then I can
cross-reference milk bar to an entry of its own.

Sorry to be pedantic... I'm not really that hung up about it!

PS. I just asked my American fiance if he knew what a milk bar was and
he said he didn't know anything about Australian chocolate bars and
could I send him a photo! [giggles] It's actually a kind of shop. :)

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