Forum:Spelling

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So...
I think we need to discuss this issue per issue. Apart from defense/defence and realise/realize, there is also medi(a)eval/f(o)etus (of course without "o" :P) and plow (wtf America?? In Britain some people even say "pluf" instead of "plau"...) --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:00, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

I really don't know, though I prefer defence of defense, because -ce was the original and more logical form. Also, I prefer to use zed (z) where possible, because the sound of z is vastly more common than its letter, so its letter should become more common. Therefore, use organization and realize. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:02, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Pretty sure that's not true. I have never ever heard it pronounced 'pluf', and if you did say it like that you would be mocked. :P Also, Oos, you made a good point that we will have to catalogue every word if we have a unique Lovian spelling. --Semyon 15:06, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

I have heard it, but it's dialectual. We need an outline at least, f.e. British spelling, but "o" instead of "ou" (harbor), "l" instead of "ll" (traveling). --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:09, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * and 'er' instead of 're' in words like center. And anyway: USE COLONS!. With Pierius we had problems with it, and now not= Sounds weird to me? Pierlot McCrooke 15:12, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Just cuse i'm an anglophile, I want "ou" and "re" hence "Labour Party" :D Marcus/Michael Villanova 15:11, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds like British spelling to me :P --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:14, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * We should let organizatiosn have british spellings in their names if they want but in formal texts like law we have to adhere to Lovian spelling rules Pierlot McCrooke 15:15, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * I always used colons.
 * Only when they would
 * like
 * mess up
 * the layout
 * because some
 * people wouldn't
 * stop using them
 * I would just
 * stop using them. You mad? Marcaline 15:21, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * PS: on topic, I always write words the way I feel they should be written. Sometimes correctly, sometimes not. Marcaline 15:21, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, we need to write correctly, but English people are stupid enough (:P) to disagree on their spelling, so we have two ways to write correctly (that is considering American correct :P). Imagine writing "harbour" as "harber" :P --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:23, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * In the 60's australian governement wanted to implement a simplified spelling the name of the Minstry of Health was even officially spelled Minstry of Helth. I actually like it. Spelling does not need to be based on what some Linguist in his lab says. It should be easy to write and to use in communication. I However do not want hyves spelling like schatjeuh and such Pierlot McCrooke 15:31, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Colons make a discussions easy readable Pierlot McCrooke 15:23, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure they do. But not when you continue to use them for too long. Makes the page look very ugly, IMO. I use them, sure. But not religiously or fanatically. Should I? Marcaline 15:27, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Voting
OK, here refers to American spelling,  to British. (edit: to clarify, the British is listed first in each instance.)

Metre/meter, theatre/theatre
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Don't care. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:29, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Colour/color, flavour/flavor
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Color/flavor. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:30, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Defence/defense, offence/offense

 * --Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't care. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:30, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Connexion/connection

 * --Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Connection. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:30, February 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Realise/realize, organise/organize
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Realize/organize. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:31, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Dialogue/dialog, catalogue/catalog
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Dialogue/catalogue. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:32, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Mediaeval/medieval, foetus/fetus
except in the single case of fetus. --Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Mediaevel, but fetus. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:32, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

In both cases without the unneeded a Pierlot McCrooke 15:34, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Propelled/propeled, labelled/labeled
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Skilful/skillful, fulfilment/fulfillment
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Skillful/fulfillment. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:32, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Ageing/aging, routeing/routing
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Ageing, but routing. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:33, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Learnt/learned, dreamt/dreamed
--Semyon 15:28, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Learnt/dreamt. --O u WTBsjrief-mich 15:33, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Payed/paid, layed/laid
—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:39, February 12, 2012 (UTC)