British or American spellings

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith
> <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > I think I know the answer I'll get, but I'll ask anyway.
> > >
> > >  In the web application we have so far, I've used American 
spellings
> > >  for things (categorize rather than categorise).
> > >
> > >  Might as well settle on one way or the other.
> > 
> > 
> > Color?
> > Grey?
> > Gotten?
> > 
> > Arrgghh!
> > 
> > I suspect the malign influence of Spellcheckers cobbled together 
> > somewhere in  the vicinity of Seattle. And personally I hate the 
> > proclivity of turning nouns into verbs by adding -ise anyway. 
Going a 
> > step further by using -ize in an effort to contemporize or even 
> > universalize the constitutionalization of word construction 
induces 
> > feelings of martyrization.  (Yet another word this damn machine 
> > considers an adjunct to civilization as it sees it. )
> > 
> > I must go and lie down in a darkened room.
> > 
> > Barry
> 
> Poor dear!
> 
> Hey, I can Britspell.  Turns out, I normally write -ise anyway, 
think
> "as well" works better than "too," and my spellchecker 
prefers "gray"
> (not that I ever use it).  It won't kill me to start writing in 
colour.
> 
> Besides, I worry for Barry because I'm sure there will be a certain
> amount of butterflies and rose-colour at the end of book seven.  ;-)
> 
> Anne

Hah ! Our first major hurdle. The list is 70-80% US members I seem to 
remember.. but, dare I say it, because the books are British, we 
should try and use Brit spelling ?? Think of it as a homage to JKR...

Hum, as for Barry, a listie found him out months ago - a soft spot 
for Molly I believe, furiously denied of course ! (ducks and runs..)

Carolyn