Coding syntax affecting your English?

[James]

Does anyone else have an issue with your coding syntax affecting your written English? I have - just this second - written center in my work when it should be centre. Of course, this is because of the American-style syntax

The above is really the only time I have clashing language issues, though I have noticed Kier using color lately - habit or contextual replies?

 

[Elizabeth]

Does anyone else have an issue with your coding syntax affecting your written English? I have - just this second - written center in my work when it should be centre. Of course, this is because of the American-style syntax

The above is really the only time I have clashing language issues, though I have noticed Kier using color lately - habit or contextual replies?

Well, for SOME of us, it's not an issue because center and color are spelled that way normally, LOL. 

 

[James]

Normally! Pfft, are you suggesting we are somehow not normal?!

Yeah, I suppose it's a lot easier for people who come across the language on a day-to-day basis (i.e. Americans). I have had the habit of typing "colour: #xxxxxx" in my CSS and going crazy over why it wasn't showing, but now I know as soon as Notepad is open, American mode is activated!

 

[Elizabeth]

Normally! Pfft, are you suggesting we are somehow not normal?!

Yeah, I suppose it's a lot easier for people who come across the language on a day-to-day basis (i.e. Americans). I have had the habit of typing "colour: #xxxxxx" in my CSS and going crazy over why it wasn't showing, but now I know as soon as Notepad is open, American mode is activated!

No, for you color is not normal, not that YOU are not normal, LOL. Unless you are not normal and that's a whole nother ballgame.  

 

[Cezz]

Lol, Yes I have this problem also, and have basically just changed to using American spelling for most things like that now.

 

[Paul B]

Don't get me started, this is one of my biggest bugbears

I absolutely hate how the English language is becoming polluted with incorrect spellings and definitions.

 

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[Enigma]

There's no reason why different dialects and variants of the same language can't co-exist. It makes life more fun.

 

[CBI Web]

Does anyone else have an issue with your coding syntax affecting your written English? I have - just this second - written center in my work when it should be centre. Of course, this is because of the American-style syntax

Actually, "center" is correct in coding syntax, in any form of English. "Center" is the middle of something, whereas "centre" is a physical location, as in Education Centre, Sports Centre, etc.

 

[Luke F]

Happens to me all the time :<

 

[Shamil]

I don't like the fact that I have to use "center", "color" etc. It doesn't affect my written English, but it does force me to ponder more deeply prior to pursuing and committing the writing of the word.

 

[dutchbb]

I'm more for the American English anyway both spoken and written, don't know why, just feels better to me.

 

[Paul B]

I'm more for the American English anyway both spoken and written, don't know why, just feels better to me.

Would you feel the same about American-Dutch if it was created?

 

[CBI Web]

I don't like the fact that I have to use "center", "color" etc.

Well, if you really do want to be correct, you'll use "center" in the way it is intended, for all forms of English, per my above post.

 

[dutchbb]

Would you feel the same about American-Dutch if it was created?

Dutch can only have an American accent and it sounds horrible, so not sure what you mean by this.

 

[James]

Actually, "center" is correct in coding syntax, in any form of English. "Center" is the middle of something, whereas "centre" is a physical location, as in Education Centre, Sports Centre, etc.

Centre and center have exactly the same meanings, they are just used differently. This goes back to the whole -er and -re.
Wikipedia displays an image using centre as the midpoint:

 

[CBI Web]

Well, that's a product of more modern thinking (ignorance of the language really). Same as pronouncing the 'h' in herb, or saying "an" historic moment instead if the correct "a" historic moment. As time goes on, the language gets more distorted, and people accept it because they don't know any better.

Imagine, someday the word "than" will be obsolete in favor of "then", a phenomenon we're seeing more and more already.

 

[Paul B]

Dutch can only have an American accent and it sounds horrible, so not sure what you mean by this.

I'm not talking about accent, I'm talking about words being spelled differently and given new definitions, in place of the ones that have been in use for hundreds of years.

Regarding the video above, the problem with aluminium came about due to a spelling mistake - essentially someone missed out the second "i".

It's the same sort of thing that happened with "corned beef" - it was originally called "canned beef".

 

[HannahP]

You do know, don't you, that a British guy invented HTML? It's his fault you don't have centre and colour in your markup. Don't blame us.

 

[dutchbb]

I'm not talking about accent, I'm talking about words being spelled differently and given new definitions, in place of the ones that have been in use for hundreds of years.

Regarding the video above, the problem with aluminium came about due to a spelling mistake - essentially someone missed out the second "i".

It's the same sort of thing that happened with "corned beef" - it was originally called "canned beef".

For me language is constantly in motion and I do not see it as a problem.

In Dutch (Flemish or Hollandic dialect) we regularly use English and French words and it doesn't disturb me at all. What does disturb me is people that can't write two sentences without spelling errors in them. Or when they start writing their dialect or the way they talk.