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

[Steve Hayes]

On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:33:01 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net>
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.

Are things named in Python named with an accent?

Can you tell what my accent is like when  I write in this newsgroup?


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