Neighbourly by Google

Re:Neighbourly by Google by benatkin on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:14PM (#17209707)

I'm annoyed as hell that a US company is using the UK spelling of "neighborly".

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Re:Neighbourly by Google by allenu on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:22PM (#17209784)

It looks like it's UK and India only for now. See bottom right.

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Re:Neighbourly by Google by ajonnav on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:24PM (#17209814)

It's probably because (it looks like) the initial target market is India and India uses UK spellings.

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Re:Neighbourly by Google by deejaybog on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:28PM (#17209862)

Looks like a Google India initiative, which would explain the spelling.

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Re:Neighbourly by Google by nisse72 on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:39PM (#17210000)

Are you also annoyed by Under Armour?

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Re:Neighbourly by Google by benatkin on Friday June 01, 2018 @05:09PM (#17210337)

You bet, haha. I don't think it's a useful reaction, but it's my reaction.

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Re:Neighbourly by Google by abiox on Friday June 01, 2018 @07:22PM (#17211385)

> US bastardisations

(iirc) color and favor are the 'original' english spellings, which are more alike to latin. the additional U is a result of french influence, specifically via the norman conquest of england.

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Re:Neighbourly by Google by vatueil on Friday June 01, 2018 @06:11PM (#17210906)

> US bastardisations like 'color' and 'favour'

I believe the American spelling is "favor".

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