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The linked article correctly uses "British" to denote the style of punctuation, I do not understand why OP decided to use "English" which implies that people in
by gerikson 5y ago
The linked article correctly uses "British" to denote the style of punctuation, I do not understand why OP decided to use "English" which implies that people in Scotland and Northern Ireland might punctuate differently.
- erwald 5y agouhm, good point, fixed. that was just a mistake. edit: for the record, I wrote the article and also posted it here. so I figured I could take the liberty of changing the title when sharing here.
- dgb23 5y agoAlso the article's title is more juicy. HN sometimes goes overboard with editing titles. I guess it is a matter of taste.
- gerikson 5y agoThis is an interesting service to track this sort of thing: https://hackernewstitles.netlify.app/ https://hackernewstitles.netlify.app/
- coldtea 5y ago>I do not understand why OP decided to use "English" which implies that people in Scotland and Northern Ireland might punctuate differently. Not sure about the author, but for several countries "English" is colloqualy used as a stand-in for British in general (and England for the UK), as those were the British they most commonly met.
- Veen 5y agoIt's best not to though, unless you want to annoy people from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Most English people will consider it a sign of ignorance too. Beyond that, the "colloquial" use is simply incorrect.
- coldtea 5y ago>Beyond that, the "colloquial" use is simply incorrect. Doesn't matter, language follows use, not etymology or geography. If a term has been established as something (in actual use) then it will be used, doesn't matter if it's not technically correct (same way "Indians" was used for centuries for Native Americans, and only fell out of use because of political concerns, not because it was also obviously incorrect and based on a misunderstanding of a whole continent).