Re: British or American spelling in IETF docs

Vittorio Bertola wrote on 10/08/2026 10:54:
> In most cases, the solution to this problem is to avoid using
> idiomatic sentences when writing formal documents, which is a good
> writing principle anyway. Metaphors bear the same risk, as different
> cultures may have different attitudes towards pieces of paper on a
> table; same for euphemisms, sarcasm and rhetoric in general. Being
> objective, descriptive and boringly dull should be enough.
this is why the IETF has the RFC Editor. Although it might be tempting 
for ietf@ to recreationally blow off some week-end steam about this, 
most of us aren't subject matter experts in the area of document style 
editing, so if there's going to be discussion about this, it would be 
more productive to listen to their opinions rather than the other way 
around.

Nick