(Still OT) Nationalism, language and monoculture [was Re: Python Worst Practices]

[Mark Lawrence]

On 04/03/2015 19:33, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>:
>
>> Care to enlighten us then? Because your anecdote doesn't appear to
>> have even the most tenuous relationship to this discussion.
>
> English-speaker, when you name things in your Python programs, you had
> better stick to American spellings.
>
> Even more important, when you talk about Python or other computer stuff
> to a non-English-speaker, try to emulate the accent most people around
> the world are most familiar with, American English. If you find that
> overwhelming, try to speak like a BBC newsreader. Your native accent can
> be very difficult to understand.
>
>
> Marko
>

This sums up perfectly why you made it onto my dream team so quickly.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence