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Unfortunately there is a serious version problem amongst existing English systems. The language does not provide a method to enforce use of particular versions,
by drpixie 3y ago
Unfortunately there is a serious version problem amongst existing English systems. The language does not provide a method to enforce use of particular versions, and there is no universal naming convention to identify "dialects".
While less problematic at small sites, where it will be assumed that all instances are of the same "dialect", this commonly causes problems at large sites and for internationalization.
Conflicts between versions and/or dialects may be limited to identifier conflicts ("colour" v "color"), may involve terms not recognized by multiple parties, terms with conflicting meaning ("chaps"), or terms unacceptable to some parties ("toilet" v "bathroom") which break the "conversation".