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Flavor vs. Flavour

Posted by michael on from the pedantry-will-get-you-nowhere dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A recent flamewar ensued on the Linux kernel mailing list, this time debating the proper spelling of 'flavor', or is it 'flavour'? Even Linux creator Linus Torvalds joined the fray with some rather humorous comments. For the most part, it sounds like spellings will stay as they are, but it makes for an entertaining read."

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  1. Seems obvious... by Paul+Burney · · Score: 1, Troll

    Making the naming consistent seems like a good idea. It seems obvious that you could save a few bits by removing those extra "u" characters, so the American spelling should be used. The smaller the better, right?

    It has nothing to do with the fact that I live on the Western side of "the pond." :-)

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