[seqfan] Re: gentle reminder

[gould at math.wvu.edu]

Are we speaking of US spelling or OUR spelling? Maybe it is YOUR spelling.
Geez Louise, Please!
Well we do write USA instead of U. S. A., don'     t  we? dont we?


> We're not going to have rules, we're having rules - for OEIS, not for
> outside use.
>
> The inconsistency of "the OEIS uses U.S. spelling" and
> "a period should be followed by a space..." is an amusing
> faux pas committed by Neil. Let's adopt Zak's proposal and
> replace "U.S." with "US". Then everything is fine.
>
>
> Hans Havermann schrieb:
>>>> spelling: color (not colour - the OEIS uses U.S. spelling)
>>>>
>>> Don't you mean "U. S. spelling"?
>>>
>>
>> In case this went over people's heads, I'm referring to the
>> proposition that states:
>>
>>
>>> spelling: J. S. Bach (not J.S. Bach - a period should be followed by
>>> a space...
>>>
>>
>> If we're going to have rules, shouldn't we practice them?
>>
>> On the other hand, I go out of my way (in my own writing) to disregard
>> some possibly well-established norms such as this. (Others are leaving
>> no space on the sides of an em-dash or putting a closing quotation
>> mark outside of the sentence period - unless the quote itself is a
>> full sentence.)
>>
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