[josm-dev] Localisation policy for quotes etc.

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Andre Hinrichs wrote:
> I thought, these don'ts and won'ts is proper english. Am I wrong?

In "formal" written English you use do not, will not, and cannot.

> I've found another british->american issue with the word "authorise".
> Since texts (and maybe also methods and variables) should be in american
> english "authorise" should be changed to "authorize".

Hadn't we agreed on British English? It is what is commonly used in OSM 
(hence highway=motorway not highway=freeway, amenity=cinema not 
amenity=movie_theater, etc.)

Bye
Frederik