Re: British or American spelling in IETF docs

   It's a good time to note that misuse of terminology (like "imperialism")
weakens and cheapens terms.

   Say "hi" to Dr. Arday Corinne!

   Dan.

On 8/9/26 12:23 AM, Corinne Cath wrote:
> 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
>
>
> Dr. Corinne Cath
> Research Affiliate at the University of Cambridge, Minderoo Centre for 
> Technology & Democracy
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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
>

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