13 Mar
2020
13 Mar
'20
5:26 p.m.
On Fri, 13 Mar 2020, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
It's a common misconception that -ize is US English. The Oxford English
Dictionary, normally not prescriptive, prefers it. See
https://www.oed.com/page/faqs/Frequently+asked+questions#spell. I
personally had -ise drummed out of me by my uncle, very much Australian.
I'm familiar with that (and also the fact that "aluminum" and
"color" etc
were British spelling). Being born and bred British with pedantic parents
I've always hated "American" spelling as we called it, and it's sad to
see
such noted media as the Sydney Morning Herald slowly adopting it over the
past few years; Australia has used British spelling at least since I
emigrated here in 1965.
Oh, it was meant to be a creat/create joke, BTW...
[...]
I don't like my chances with suggesting that to Apple; I'm not even sure
if they even take user contributions (although back when I was on the dole
and having delusions of grandeur I did register as an Apple developer, but
I suspect that that's for non-Apple stuff i.e. it goes into the Apple
Store).
$ ls -l | humanize
I also had something like that in mind, except being British/Australian
I'd spell it with an "s" :-) More than
likely; as I approach age 68 I notice that I'm losing some
cognitive facility... I might start using "," and see if I like it,
but I see that the Mac doesn't have it (my Penguin is off the air at
the moment), and having it as an environment variable would be nice.
Yes, currently only FreeBSD has it. But you have the sources. Apart
from option handling, it's only: A quick and dirty fix would be simply to replace the
format string.
I have done the odd binary patch (usually to reconfigure Unify database
volumes back when I was with FGH)... Not right now, though, as it's time
for bed.
-- Dave