Talk:St Patrick's Marist College

creation of article

Hey, I just created this article because I was pretty bored and thought someone should. Please help improve it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pure motion (talk • contribs) 13:44, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Barbeque

Ewen, please don't change the spelling of 'barbeque' - which, by the way, is the correct Australian spelling. As you quote on your page "The alternative spelling barbeque is much more widely used in Australia." As this page concerns an Australian school, I used the typical Australian spelling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pure motion (talk • contribs) 10:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

No, you mis-read what I wrote on my page. The MacQuarrie dictionary still reckons the 'q' spelling to be less common than the 'c' spelling: 'Barbeque' is less unusual in Australia, but still a minor spelling. On the other hand, 'Barbecue' is accepted and common in Australia and is the only correct spelling in UK English. So in the interests of commonality can we please use the spelling which is correct in all versions of English?

Ewen 11:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

The Oxford dictionary quotes that the spelling with q is less common than with c in Australia 'published' texts by a 3:2. However, most of these texts aren't published in Australia and as such are edited using UK or American English. Of those that are edited in Australia, barbeque is much more widely used, and is much more commonly used by Australian barbeque manufacturers. Take Barbeques Galore for example, Australia's biggest distributor of barbeques, which uses the q spelling. A majority of barbeques produced in Sydney label themselves as barbeques. And for the record, Wikipedia by no means serves the interest of commonality, but rather relates to specific areas. I directly quote from Wikipedia's tutorial regarding English dialects: "If the subject is related to Australia, then Australian English is preferred." If you wish to discuss this further, by all means show no hesitation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pure motion (talk • contribs) 03:19, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The barbeque area is officially called the senior yard anyway so I'll just change it to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pure motion (talk • contribs) 03:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you're right about the 'q' spelling but it's clear that it isn't 'the' spelling of the word - it's 'a' spelling of the word. 'Barbecue' is another spelling of the word in Australian English. The things is, 'barbecue' is the spelling in UK English. Anything else is considered wrong. So why not choose a form of Aus English which is also correct in UK English?

Good call on changing the name to 'yard'....

Ewen 05:20, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Haha I suppose your right, I'm just a little stubborn. I think I'll always spell it barbecue now :D You've made a believer! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pure motion (talk • contribs) 10:04, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

So?

What does the phrase "...The new site retained much of the old St Patrick's..." mean? The buildings were moved? --165.12.252.11 01:50, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Haha...yeah sorry, I tweaked it a bit, so school customs and tradtions were retained, not buildings. Pure motion 14:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)