Why is Security "Center" spelt this way for UK users?

"Mac" <mac.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Surely it should be "Centre"?


Yes I agree.
And Favorites should be Favourites in the UK version...i'm sure there are
probably others too.

Mac wrote:
> Surely it should be "Centre"?

Anything with 'Centre' in the title is spelt incorrectly and probably
won't be changing any time soon.

Spelt?

What the hell are you talking about? MS spent well over FIVE years on Vista
and came up with this clunky XP skin? And you feel sorry for them? Oops you
work for them.

I think you need to go and have an intimate relationship with yourself.

?

"Dave Wood [MS]" <davewood DeleteThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Microsoft doesn't make a U.K. English version of Windows, there's only one
> English version which has U.S. spelling. This is similar with most other
> regional dialects - e.g. there's no Canadian French, Mexican / Latin
> American Spanish / Swiss German / Australian English etc. versions,
> {although there is a Brazilian Portugese version}.
>
> As a Brit, I agree it would be nice to have, but you could also argue the
> first priority for the localization team should be to produce versions for
> languages where there's currently no support at all {e.g. in Vista new
> languages added included Bulgarian, Romanian, Thai, Ukranian, Slovak}.
> Mich discusses this a bit more on his blog here:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/02/01/521864.aspx
>
> Dave
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> "Mac" <mac DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:13230F08-BC0D-4137-8DB9-246ABEE683C2@microsoft.com...
>> Surely it should be "Centre"?
>

So is this the death of Received English?

Two countries, separated by a common language I suppose. At least there is
still spell checkers in Word for the various distortions on the language of
Shakespeare...

"Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:

> Microsoft doesn't make a U.K. English version of Windows, there's only one
> English version which has U.S. spelling. This is similar with most other
> regional dialects - e.g. there's no Canadian French, Mexican / Latin
> American Spanish / Swiss German / Australian English etc. versions,
> {although there is a Brazilian Portugese version}.
>
> As a Brit, I agree it would be nice to have, but you could also argue the
> first priority for the localization team should be to produce versions for
> languages where there's currently no support at all {e.g. in Vista new
> languages added included Bulgarian, Romanian, Thai, Ukranian, Slovak}. Mich
> discusses this a bit more on his blog here:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/02/01/521864.aspx
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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> "Mac" <mac DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:13230F08-BC0D-4137-8DB9-246ABEE683C2@microsoft.com...
> > Surely it should be "Centre"?
>
>

Very amusing.

"Mac" <mac DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
news:1EFF53A5-888A-4CD4-87AC-2AF1F6867ECD@microsoft.com...
> What the hell are you talking about? MS spent well over FIVE years on
> Vista and came up with this clunky XP skin? And you feel sorry for them?
> Oops you work for them.
>
> I think you need to go and have an intimate relationship with yourself.
>
> ?
>
> "Dave Wood [MS]" <davewood DeleteThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:#Z##qO7oHHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Microsoft doesn't make a U.K. English version of Windows, there's only
>> one English version which has U.S. spelling. This is similar with most
>> other regional dialects - e.g. there's no Canadian French, Mexican /
>> Latin American Spanish / Swiss German / Australian English etc. versions,
>> {although there is a Brazilian Portugese version}.
>>
>> As a Brit, I agree it would be nice to have, but you could also argue the
>> first priority for the localization team should be to produce versions
>> for languages where there's currently no support at all {e.g. in Vista
>> new languages added included Bulgarian, Romanian, Thai, Ukranian,
>> Slovak}. Mich discusses this a bit more on his blog here:
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/02/01/521864.aspx
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mac" <mac DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:13230F08-BC0D-4137-8DB9-246ABEE683C2@microsoft.com...
>>> Surely it should be "Centre"?
>>

Yeah - spelt.

"CB" <CB.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Spelt?

Mac wrote:
> Surely it should be "Centre"?


Hey, I've been living in Iowa for over 6 years now and still haven't
managed to train these darned Americans to drive on the proper side of
the road yet, jeez, no wonder there's accidents

(Course being outnumbered 350,000,000 to one means I have to copy them

"Mac" <mac RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Surely it should be "Centre"?

Yorktown, Virginia, October 17, 1781

"Hurricane" Andrew
Milford, DE

On Thu, 31 May 2007 19:47:00 -0700, CB <CB RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

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>Spelt?

n.
A hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe.

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"I have noticed even people who claim everything is
predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it,
look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking

Don't you worry about it BettyB, maybe that's spelt in Brittish... =D




"BettyB" <bettyb1656 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 31 May 2007 19:47:00 -0700, CB <CB DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
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>>Spelt?
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> n.
> A hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe.
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> --
> BettyB -- www.flamingo-code.com
> "I have noticed even people who claim everything is
> predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it,
> look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking

Center is Center, Program is Program Etc. because my Grandaddys beat
your Grandaddys arse at Yorktown.
Dick Miller
Member of The Sons of the American Revolution.




Emill wrote:
> Don't you worry about it BettyB, maybe that's spelt in Brittish... =D
>
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> "BettyB" <bettyb1656 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7onh63dud5pspdlm5fsbuht5v1tt6victl@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 31 May 2007 19:47:00 -0700, CB <CB DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Spelt?
>>
>> n.
>> A hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe.
>>
>> --
>> BettyB -- www.flamingo-code.com
>> "I have noticed even people who claim everything is
>> predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it,
>> look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking
>

"Mac" <mac DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Surely it should be "Centre"?

Perhaps it should , but does it really compromise your security ?

Try posting in Microsoft.public.windows.vista.UKEnglish

They'll know for sure!

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:12:00 -0700, "Tom Crooze" wrote:
>"Mac" <mac RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in message

>> Surely it should be "Centre"?
>
>Perhaps it should , but does it really compromise your security ?

I'd balance the risk/benefits, and prolly decide to go with the same
spelling if there are any downsides. As to whether center or centre
is current within UK and "dominion" English, that may be a moving
target. Have a look at Wikipedia's style guide on those things...

Even if the code is OK with arbitrary strings, there are off-PC
effects to consider, such as searching the Internet for particular
literal strings. It's one thing to create a parallel set of web pages
and /kb articles for completely different languages, but to do so
within the same language is to artificially break the ability of
speakers of the same language to share information.

For example, let's say I have a UK PC and I see an error like "The
Security Centre has stopped responding". I start a web browser and
enter that literal text, in quotes, and search for it. I get a few
hits, but the answer I'm looking for may be missed, if it used "The
Security Center has stopped responding" instead (e.g. an Americal user
had the same problem, solved it, and posted the solution).



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