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Interesting Satoshi's spelling of the word "favour" instead of "favor" in "I've been putting it off in favour". The use of "favour" instead of "favor" is a cle
by schappim 3y ago
Interesting Satoshi's spelling of the word "favour" instead of "favor" in "I've been putting it off in favour".
The use of "favour" instead of "favor" is a clear marker of British English or other Commonwealth varieties such as Australian or Canadian English. This spelling is not used in US English.
- nabakin 3y agoAlso uses "optimising" which is British.
- jascination 3y agoAustralian too, fwiw. One general way to distinguish UK from Aussie online is we (Aus) use metric for everything, (kg, KMs, cms) and UK don't (stone (?), miles, feet) At a glance the emails felt very Australian to me before I checked these comments, but I didn't do a thorough read.
- nabakin 3y agoAny idea if it's used in Canadian English?
- globular-toast 3y agoI thought use of British English was already a known thing. As is double spacing after a full stop.
- trts 3y agohave never seen anyone point out this incredibly obvious (or obviating?) point
- unbelonger 3y agoAutocorrect has been a thing since the early 90s. In many European countries it is common that the default English wordlist is British spelling.