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[Formendacil]

Even in these latter days, if you say we have six active members left, I'd say that those six would break down to two Brits, two Canadians, an American, and a non-native-English European.

(Those are very unscientific statistics and should absolutely not be scrutinised, but ANOTHER of the strengths of this site--and strength of 2000-era forums at their best in general--was that it was and is truly international.)

Of course, as Tolkien fans, I daresay we're slightly biased in favour of British spellings in general--or, as I call them, Canadian spellings.

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by Ring Bearer

The colour scheme is indeed very comfortable.
Seems like you use British English as well.

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Even in these latter days, if you say we have six active members left, I'd say that those six would break down to two Brits, two Canadians, an American, and a non-native-English European.

(Those are very unscientific statistics and should absolutely not be scrutinised, but ANOTHER of the strengths of this site--and strength of 2000-era forums at their best in general--was that it was and is truly international.)

Of course, as Tolkien fans, I daresay we're slightly biased in favour of British spellings in general--or, as I call them, Canadian spellings.

When I joined this site in 2000 (I know it says 2002 by my name but that was because I couldn't find a post I did on the old board when this was updated) , I was an American living in the high mountains of Washington state. I did not use the useless 'u' vowel in words, and I gave proper use to the letter 'z'. These days, I'm an American ex-pat living in Australia, and my laptop is set for Australian English so it autocorrects to excess vowels and disses the letter 'z' with the use of 's'.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

The international membership is one of the best aspects of this forum! I've seen non-native English speakers/writers come here and improve their language skills noticeably, and I've watched very young people (native speakers) come and improve their vocabulary and writing skills noticeably. Our insistence upon proper spelling and grammar may seem restrictive to those who are used to acronyms and abbreviations, but a number of them later say that it was a good development for them.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Of course, as Tolkien fans, I daresay we're slightly biased in favour of British spellings in general--or, as I call them, Canadian spellings.

Dunno, as a resident of this country I feel that we are in a privileged position of being happy with both spellings. I mix and match. Like Snowdog, I uphold the Zs, but I also pay tribute to the Us. Oh, and it's "grey", because "gray" ticks me off for no particular reason. I think I actually use -RE and -ER interchangeably. US spelling wins with the AEs, I never write something like "encyclopaedia" if I can help it.

I guess that's to say that all manner of spellings and accents are welcome.