TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/styleguide/Spelling.tid

created: 20150110182900000
modified: 20150117152553000
title: Spelling
tags: [[Improving TiddlyWiki Documentation]]

Because ~TiddlyWiki is of British origin, its English documentation uses [[British spelling in preference to US spelling|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences]].

Words like <<.word customise>> are spelled <<.word -ise>>, not <<.word -ize>>. Words like <<.word colour>> will also be spelled using UK English unless they are being used for reserved words in code, such as in CSS or JavaScript.

Standard technical acronyms are written in upper case, without dots: <<.word HTML>>, not <<.word html>> or <<.word H.T.M.L.>>

Avoid arbitrarily abbreviating words and sentences. But the following abbreviations are acceptable:

|!Abbreviation |!Meaning |!Notes |
|e.g. |for example |with a dot after each letter |
|i.e. |that is to say |with a dot after each letter |
|etc |and so on |without a dot |
Introduce documentation macros 2015-01-11 19:04:14 +00:00			`created: 20150110182900000`
Overhaul the filter operator documentation: part 1 2015-01-18 18:39:00 +00:00			`modified: 20150117152553000`
Create Spelling.tid 2014-12-26 19:30:11 +00:00			`title: Spelling`
Introduce documentation macros 2015-01-11 19:04:14 +00:00			`tags: [[Improving TiddlyWiki Documentation]]`
Create Spelling.tid 2014-12-26 19:30:11 +00:00
			`Because ~TiddlyWiki is of British origin, its English documentation uses [[British spelling in preference to US spelling\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences]].`

My first attempt at editing the TW documentation Feel free to ignore this pull request if you want to, although it might be a useful addition to this page. I use NZ English normally, which is closer to UK English than to US English, but I still get confused between the two sometimes, having spent so long around the (predominately American) Internet. 2015-09-14 14:01:06 +00:00			`Words like <<.word customise>> are spelled <<.word -ise>>, not <<.word -ize>>. Words like <<.word colour>> will also be spelled using UK English unless they are being used for reserved words in code, such as in CSS or JavaScript.`
Create Spelling.tid 2014-12-26 19:30:11 +00:00
Overhaul the filter operator documentation: part 1 2015-01-18 18:39:00 +00:00			`Standard technical acronyms are written in upper case, without dots: <<.word HTML>>, not <<.word html>> or <<.word H.T.M.L.>>`
Create Spelling.tid 2014-12-26 19:30:11 +00:00
			`Avoid arbitrarily abbreviating words and sentences. But the following abbreviations are acceptable:`

			`\|!Abbreviation \|!Meaning \|!Notes \|`
			`\|e.g. \|for example \|with a dot after each letter \|`
			`\|i.e. \|that is to say \|with a dot after each letter \|`
			`\|etc \|and so on \|without a dot \|`