[whatwg] A better name than <gauge> for the element that shows a measurement

[Henri Sivonen]

On Mar 21, 2006, at 08:18, Lachlan Hunt wrote:

> Ian Hickson wrote:
>> Unfortunately, the study Google did on Web authors showed that  
>> authors cannot spell the word "language", and I see no reason to  
>> believe that they might spell "gauge" either.

Wow.

> But "metre" is the correct spelling in en-AU and en-GB, and so I  
> think much of the world outside of the US may misspell it.

According to my dictionary, meter (measuring device) does not vary in  
spelling. Meter (SI unit) and meter (music/poetry concept) do. So  
incorrect spelling is not a matter of AU or GB vs. US but a matter of  
having the wrong word (like 'their' and 'there' for many native  
speakers).

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Henri Sivonen
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