User talk:Van der Hoorn
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Crna Gora (Talk/Contribs/Edit Count) 00:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] National Variants of English
Hi and welcome (or should I say G'day mate). Can you please use the appropriate spelling of words for the region the article is about. In Australia we have barbeques and spell it that way. I've reverted a number of edits you made to articles about Australia using WP:ENGVAR (Articles that focus on a topic specific to a particular English-speaking country should generally conform to the usage and spelling of that country) as the basis for doing so. Alex Sims 06:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hi there. The correct spelling of the word (even in Australian English) is barbecue, not barbeque. That some folks spell it differently, doesn't mean it's correct.
- Van der Hoorn 15:54, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- According to the Macquarie Dictionary 4th ed 2005 "The alternative spelling barbeque is much more widely used in Australia than in the US or UK". The dictionary marks barbecue as the head entry and more common and thus you should find this used exclusively on the ABC (although google shows 1980 for barbecue but still 1080 for barbeque). Nevertheless in Australian English barbeque is perfectly acceptable and in the article on Glover Playgrounds the local council used this spelling on their material which I cited. As to the Oxford Dictionary it doesn't even mention barbeque. Alex Sims 10:32, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
"The Dictionary of American English shows that the word [barbeque] was used in America at least by 1655, when it first appeared in print, and by 1733 it had taken on the implications of a social gathering. By 1836 barbeques were popular in Texas...” The Encyclopedia of American Food, John Mariani [Lebhar-Friedman:New York] 1999pg1Osakadan 14:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] HDJ High School
I wanted to take this time to thank you for your contribution to the Harry D. Jacobs High School article. I appreciate your reading over everything and correcting my typo.
By the way, you seem more than qualified as a WikiGnome. You might consider adding it to your userpage. Limp Trizkit 05:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks for the spelling help
Thanks for the spelling edits on the "Seconds" article - I tend to fly too fast sometimes - or is it "tend too fly to fast?" I'm pretty sure its the first one.
I'd be interested in knowing what led you to read the "Seconds" article?
todd@idratherdirect.com
[edit] Redirects
Hi, I noticed you were editing lots of links. Just wanted to make sure you're aware of the recommendations at Wikipedia:Redirect#Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken. Cheers, Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:39, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually I wasnt :S Thanks for the hint, I'll be more careful in the future.
- Van der Hoorn 20:42, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
