So are you arguing that CSS should also be localized? (In my opinion that would ...

edent · on Oct 21, 2020

I mean, it would be lovely if HTML (invented by a British English speaker) used en_GB throughout. I think it's only "dialogue" which is misspelled in HTML5. Although the obsolete "centre" element is also wrong ;-)

You might enjoy this article on if PHP were British. https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british/

rswail · on Oct 21, 2020

Well I much prefer as an Australian to develop programs, not programmes. My analog to digital converters work just as well without vaguely French "ue" extensions.

Single items of information are still data, not datum.

Among many things in HTTP/HTML/etc that bug me is "referer".

tobr · on Oct 21, 2020

> "referer"

At least that’s equally wrong for everyone.

tomjakubowski · on Oct 21, 2020

the webster in me thinks that's how the word ought to be spelled, maybe web developers will be the vanguard.

what's unfortunate is that http is self-consciously inconsistent about the spelling: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Re...