[Bug 42707] "Authorised", "Authorise" and similar should be spelled with a 'z' for American English
timeless
timeless at gmail.com
Wed May 3 07:19:28 UTC 2006
Public bug reported:
Affects: gaim (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
1. buddies> add buddy
2. type some letters and select add
3. examine the buddy window for your newly added buddy.
4. expect to see "Not authorized"
actually see "Not authorised"
http://m-w.com/dictionary/authorized
http://m-w.com/dictionary/authorised
One entry found for authorise.
Main Entry: au·tho·rise
British variant of AUTHORIZE
Afaik i've configured my ubuntu to use American English
$ cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.06
DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu (The Dapper Drake Release) Development Branch"
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
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"Authorised", "Authorise" and similar should be spelled with a 'z' for American English
https://launchpad.net/bugs/42707
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