osCommerce Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 In English.txt $_LANG["domaineppcodedesc"] = "This needs to be obtained from the current registrar for authorisation"; It should be "authorization" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickendippers Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Authorisation is the correct British spelling http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?t=10506 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osCommerce Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 I did not know that was one of the spelling differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAJI26 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yip alot of spelling differences are with the "s" and "z" in plenty of words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckh Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Don't ask them to pronounce vitamins or aluminum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osCommerce Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Why not have an English UK file AND an English US file. It would make things easier and allow hosts with international customers to cater to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scurrell Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Why not have an English UK file AND an English US file. It would make things easier and allow hosts with international customers to cater to everyone. Why don't the septics just learn to spell correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osCommerce Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 I think you missed the point of the post. Hosting companies will have customers from UK, USA, Canada, Australia so why not let the "customer" choose which version of English they with to view the site with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyhosting Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 if you have english speaking customers whether you use authorisation or authorization anyone know what it means, so having more files that really is pointless taking up more space of servers when these are not needed. one example, apart from hosting i sell and install a lot of oscommerce templates and i always ask the client which language files they want and will remove the ones not needed, so therefore taking up less server space when these are not needed and not used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klangaroo Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 we spell Aluminum like Aluminium, its not just a pronounciation difference, its a spelling difference too on that one. Also we invented the language I'm pretty sure we know how to spell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickendippers Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 A few lang files is only gonna take up a few 100KB, it's no big deal. If your customers are so pedantic then I'm sure it won't be much effort for you to create one yourself. None of our mind. Aluminium is an interesting one; it was originally called that but then the inventor renamed it Aluminum to fit in with other elements. US adopted the new name, Brits kept the old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougF Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hopefully I don't ruffle too many feathers but I don't feel many of these comments, and many of the other thread posted above, are what would be considered professional... As a business person I am not interested in pettiness and bravado in the business realm. Save it for your mates. I often put my personal viewpoints aside and focus on what improves the experience of my customers and my business bottom line. In the big picture that is what counts. The many variants of the English language are widely recognized. Accommodating these variants is no different than providing lang files for any other language. Most companies if they are wise customize their marketing materials to suit the local market. Language grammar and spelling is a big part of that process. Not everyone is knowledgeable of differences in the English Language and they may view these differences as a spelling error and view the company negatively. Being Canadian I have become very aware and very tolerant of the mix of UK and US English, thrown together with a far smattering of Canadian French words and sayings, that we experience everyday. But in my business I recognize that the huge US market is my main customer base and they are typically not so aware and tolerant of these differences. I gladly accommodate and cater to them. My Canadian customers on the other hand are so familiar with the variants that it is a non-issue for them. When it comes to business the customer trumps personal biases every time. I too agree with osCommerce that an English US lang file would be a benefit for many. It would be easy to delete it from the install like all the other lang files that are not needed. Claiming that WHMCS is a British company and so the English lang file will be “British” English is very limiting to the growth of WHMCS. PS. Sorry for the rant but language issues are a sore point for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyhosting Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I am also a UK business and always use the UK language in all my communications, but to say that "Not everyone is knowledgeable of differences in the English Language and they may view these differences as a spelling error and view the company negatively" in my opinion is wrong as if you have a computer with a microsoft operating system then if you use the spellchecker it will ALWAYS bring up UK english spellings as errors and give the US english correction. so anyone with a computer will be knowledgeable of the differences in the english language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickendippers Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 if you use the spellchecker it will ALWAYS bring up UK english spellings as errors and give the US english correction. Unless you switch to the British dictionary of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyhosting Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 everything is set to UK english on the install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORF Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I am also a UK business and always use the UK language in all my communications, but to say that "Not everyone is knowledgeable of differences in the English Language and they may view these differences as a spelling error and view the company negatively" in my opinion is wrong as if you have a computer with a microsoft operating system then if you use the spellchecker it will ALWAYS bring up UK english spellings as errors and give the US english correction. so anyone with a computer will be knowledgeable of the differences in the english language. Too many "IF"s to assume. ------------------------------------ I would bet that a majority of US internet users would see that as a misspelling. IMHO, the OP is correct, include another language file and let the site owner decide what to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicToMeyeZR Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I am also a UK business and always use the UK language in all my communications, but to say that "Not everyone is knowledgeable of differences in the English Language and they may view these differences as a spelling error and view the company negatively" in my opinion is wrong as if you have a computer with a microsoft operating system then if you use the spellchecker it will ALWAYS bring up UK english spellings as errors and give the US english correction. so anyone with a computer will be knowledgeable of the differences in the english language. Sorry bro.. Doug hit it right on the nail exactly? Have you ever been Midwest, or deep south US? NO not everyone KNOWS what the UK spelling is for different words in the English language, and it is very presumptuous for you to assume so(believe it or not the world doesn't evolve around the UK). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyhosting Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 well it is presumptious that microsoft thinks the world resolves around the USA, as all microsoft OS have the default setting as USA, even european copies have the USA dictionary as default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicToMeyeZR Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 well guess what. Microshaft is a US company... They can do what they want. WHMCS is a UK company and their default/ONLY English is UK English.. But that really wasn't the point of the OP was it? The point was, why isn't there a US English as well as others? At least with Microshaft you can get your version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro67 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 From the "other thread" http://forum.whmcs.com/showpost.php?p=57321&postcount=9 Just go through lang/English.txt and run an American spell checker. and in response to Doug. This is a forum of your peers. If you find it difficult to stomach robust debate around topics that by their very nature cannot be discussed with clients, but which should be discussed here, then you are entitled to your opinion. My opinion is somewhat different to yours. When a discussion is devolved down to its component elements, devoid of human emotion (that includes the whole gammut of emotions), then that exchange ceases to be communication, and simply becomes an exchange, or worst still, a transaction. This is a forum, not a knowledgebase or a WIKI. fo·rum (fôr'əm, fōr'-) Pronunciation Key n. pl. fo·rums also fo·ra (fôr'ə, fōr'ə) The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business. A public meeting place for open discussion. A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website. [*]A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation. [*]A court of law; a tribunal. [Middle English, from Latin; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cite This Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The many variants of the English language are widely recognized. Accommodating these variants is no different than providing lang files for any other language. Well put Doug, and in fact that post is one that should be read over by those complaining about spelling differences being "unprofessional" and having additional language files is a "waste of space". 'nuff said. Let's close this now, since it's all been covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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