[bksvol-discuss] British and U.S. spelling of words
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:42:55 -0800
Despite words which are spelled differently in British print and in
U.S spelling, ., e.g., words that end n "our" in British spelling
vis-a-vis "or" in the U.S. spelling and words that have a "z" in the
U.S. but an "s" in the U.S., (like surprise and surprize, I assume
that they sound the same I don't know how a Braille reader would
handle them. I have the perhaps erroneous impression on that Braille
doesn't spell words out letter by letter; so, is it really necessary
for a proofer to indicate indicate that a book is British rather than
U.S. English? In the file I'm proofing the scan has British spelling
but the book I'm using to proof from has U.S. spelling; I can
understand that a scanner, when he/she/submits should perhaps indicate
that to forewarn the proofer but I don't see why it is necessary for
a proofer to indicate that when he/she checks in the book, and
indicating that a book is in British English often results in a
person searching for a title in the collection not able to find it.
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