[OSM-talk] American or british english

[Hanno Böck]

Am Donnerstag 20 Dezember 2007 schrieb Robin Paulson:
> i presume this is for things like 'The Arndale Centre' i.e. proper
> nouns (names) of buildings/areas etc? in which case, the spelling is
> dependent on whatever the owner of the structure chooses.
> if they spell it 'centre', then it's 'centre'.
> if they spell it 'center', then it's 'center'.
> if they spell it 'senterr' then it's 'senterr'.
> imo we're here to reflect reality, not make political or otherwise
> statements about the validity of any language or dialect over any
> other

ACK, if it's for names, stick to the one which is used there.

> or maybe it's for the name of the actual tag key? in that case, it
> doesn't really matter - whatever the proposer comes up with. i would
> hope there wouldn't be any silly arguments over which to use, so long
> as everyone sticks to it when they map

I thought about that. I just proposed education_centre, where I thought about 
it.
I don't mind either, just was curious if there's some policy.


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