Spelling Qestion


RPG Superstar™ 2010 General Discussion

Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8 , Star Voter Season 6

(yes I know the header's spelled wrong)

Ok, one of the quirks I have is I will spell in the Queen's English (don't know why, always have). Since I come from this side of the pond, will I be docked on spelling if I say "The <redacted> is the colour of dried blood, streaked with gray?"

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Matthew Morris wrote:

(yes I know the header's spelled wrong)

Ok, one of the quirks I have is I will spell in the Queen's English (don't know why, always have). Since I come from this side of the pond, will I be docked on spelling if I say "The <redacted> is the colour of dried blood, streaked with gray?"

This question came up in previous years. Generally, I don't think they dock you for it as an initial entry into the Top 32. But from that point forward, you have to show you can write with the proper spelling used in an actual published product.

Personally, my rule of thumb is that you should pretty much always emulate the styles and spelling of a publisher from the very beginning. So, if you keep slipping back into the Queen's English, I'd start ditching that habit in your freelance writing as soon as you can.

--Neil

Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8 , Star Voter Season 6

NSpicer wrote:
Matthew Morris wrote:

(yes I know the header's spelled wrong)

Ok, one of the quirks I have is I will spell in the Queen's English (don't know why, always have). Since I come from this side of the pond, will I be docked on spelling if I say "The <redacted> is the colour of dried blood, streaked with gray?"

This question came up in previous years. Generally, I don't think they dock you for it as an initial entry into the Top 32. But from that point forward, you have to show you can write with the proper spelling used in an actual published product.

Personally, my rule of thumb is that you should pretty much always emulate the styles and spelling of a publisher from the very beginning. So, if you keep slipping back into the Queen's English, I'd start ditching that habit in your freelance writing as soon as you can.

--Neil

Thank you fortunately my spellcheck is set for American. :-)

Sad thing is, I'm stateside born, and proud of being a redneck. I've never been to the UK or any of her dominions.

RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka Darkjoy

NSpicer wrote:


Personally, my rule of thumb is that you should pretty much always emulate the styles and spelling of a publisher from the very beginning. So, if you keep slipping back into the Queen's English, I'd start ditching that habit in your freelance writing as soon as you can.

--Neil

Unless the publisher demands it, like for example Mongoose Publishing.

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Darkjoy wrote:
NSpicer wrote:


Personally, my rule of thumb is that you should pretty much always emulate the styles and spelling of a publisher from the very beginning. So, if you keep slipping back into the Queen's English, I'd start ditching that habit in your freelance writing as soon as you can.

--Neil

Unless the publisher demands it, like for example Mongoose Publishing.

Exactly. As I said, "...you should pretty much always emulate the styles and spelling of a publisher from the very beginning." If Mongoose uses Queen's English, then that's what you should use. And, since Paizo doesn't, that's what you should avoid.

Contributor

I don't believe we've eliminated anyone based on UK vs. US spelling.


Aha, so you have contracts out there that you haven't called in yet! ;)

RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32 , Star Voter Season 7

Matthew Morris wrote:

(yes I know the header's spelled wrong)

Ok, one of the quirks I have is I will spell in the Queen's English (don't know why, always have). Since I come from this side of the pond, will I be docked on spelling if I say "The <redacted> is the colour of dried blood, streaked with gray?"

Wouldn't the Queen's English be grey?

Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8 , Star Voter Season 6

Ross Byers wrote:
Matthew Morris wrote:

(yes I know the header's spelled wrong)

Ok, one of the quirks I have is I will spell in the Queen's English (don't know why, always have). Since I come from this side of the pond, will I be docked on spelling if I say "The <redacted> is the colour of dried blood, streaked with gray?"

Wouldn't the Queen's English be grey?

Spelling in one language is not my strong point, let alone 2 :P

(and I always seem to get those backwards)

RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16 aka tejón

Y'know what's odd... I've always used "grey" to mean light shades and "gray" to mean dark shades. I noticed myself doing this well over a decade ago, and eventually committed to memory which one was right here in the States, but the association is still there.

...wait, what's this thread about?


Sean K Reynolds wrote:
I don't believe we've eliminated anyone based on UK vs. US spelling.

That's good to hear, although if I were writing for a UK publisher I'd expect they'd want different spellings from a US one.

When I'm writing for my own blog I'm always debating Armor/Armour and Color/Colour. :)


I'm English, but I've always had to default to american for HTML and BBC encoding on message boards, so I've kinda gotten used to the use of 'color' over 'colour', I've always had a bit of a sore spot for 'honor' though, as it always seems the Brit spelling 'honour' makes more sense (we honour OUR own, so to speak)

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