Re: [Firebird-devel] Firebird message file and use of inconsistentanddeprecated terms

[Paul B. <pa...@wa...>]

> > ERROR: cancelled (Non-standard Spelling - use "canceled") Note: There
> is
> > only one "l" in the U.S. English spelling. (Two "l's" is British.)
> 
> As a Canadian, who is stuck between the British and US spellings for
> many terms, I must point out:
> 
> According to the Microsoft's "English (US)" dictionary, both spellings
> are valid.
> 
> Further, as search at Dictionary.com shows that only 1 of 3 dictionary
> sources noted that "cancelled" was a _British_ spelling, the other 2
> show it as a valid US spelling.
> 
> It would seem that the current spelling is valid, in both the US and UK
> (and related), so it should remain as is.

Pedant :-) But nice.

Paul