Canadian PetPeeve #1337 when frameworks/languages use American spelling, goddamn it's colour not color

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Programming languages use simplified English, deal with it

Submit a PR.

Indeed, we generally use British spellings too and it gets supremely annoying at times (worst would be centre vs center)

@irene You lot were happy with the French when they were helping you kick us out

Blame capitalism. The printing press charged for each letter, so Americans started spelling things as short as possible. Eventually that became the "correct" way to spell it.

@irene I don't like the American way of spelling stuff, or the overly simplified feel of a lot of American accents, even though I've started to use American English a fair amount because tech.

Besides, I was brought up on British English, I'm just used to it. I also watch a lot of classic British comedy like Yes Minister, Monty Python, etc. 🤷‍♂️

British humour > American humour
In general.

@irene nah, British humour is more than the language. It's that sarcastic, indirect dry wit. The language is just icing on the cake.

And what's wrong with "Frenchified" words? From my PoV the American equivalents sound uncouth and retarded, lacking in sophistication. But then that bit is habit, yes.

four(;;) {}
x xour y
errour
if (x our y) {}
bollocks function(bollocks) {}