Re: British or American spelling in IETF docs

Would or would this not be the right moment to bring up the imperialism of
having to do RFCs in English to begin with? — and now back to your regular
Sunday programming :p


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On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 08:11 John C Klensin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nick,
>
> If so --and I believe you-- this would be another "improvement" made
> without serious consultation with the community (unless that occurred
> fairly recently on the RSWG list and even then, without any
> announcement.
>
>    john
>
>
> --On Saturday, August 8, 2026 17:57 +0100 Nick Hilliard
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The rfc editor uses US spelling, exclusively. I've been hauled up
> > in the past for -ise, -our, which, and other minor imperialist
> > impositions.
> >
> > Nick
>
>