User talk:Esobocinski

Paralysed / Paralyzed on Jane Henson page
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(Specifically, Cheryl Henson used 'paralysed' in her release on the discussion, and the family lived in England for many years - this is just a gentle reminder that writing 'spelling correction' on a valid regional spelling is frowned upon --Thespian (talk) 22:28, 2 April 2013 (UTC))

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My apologies. I normally try to respect regional English, but I wasn't aware that "paralysed" is normal to the UK, else I would not have called it a misspelling. I genuinely believed it was a misspelling.

I am confused though about your comments about regionalization; I didn't consider that a regional variation might apply. Why should it? I don't find any non-US regional spellings in the rest of the article, so I didn't think of writer's precedent. Also, you mention "For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English." And, the Manual of Style uses the example of Usain Bolt as an article that should be written in Jamaican Standard English, presumably based on his nationality despite international interest. Jane Henson was a life-long US citizen and her initial celebrity was in the US also, although she may have been known internationally. By that standard, I would have thought US English to be most appropriate for Jane Henson. Although I may have unintentionally offended by calling it a misspelling (sorry), I am not seeing why otherwise it was a disagreeable edit.

BTW, although I don't think it makes any difference for the article, my impression was that Jane and the Henson family largely remained state-side while Jim Henson was living in London. For example, in 1980 Jim "came home" to New York for Christmas. (Esobocinski (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2013 (UTC))

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