Board Thread:Spelling debates/@comment-24894325-20151219214614/@comment-5918438-20151231165149

Well what we're talking about here is British English. Sometimes we decide to make an exception, and use whatever the official text says. In the case of audio scripts, they are generally definitive in terms of spelling (particularly if we're talking about dialogue), because that is the official text version of the audio story. It's not strictly in-universe, though, so obviously if there's any contradictions, what's said in the audio takes precedent.

But if an audio script calls Gallifrey "Galifrey", fuck that. I would say, when it comes to discussions about spelling, audio scripts, which are technically a production source, not the story release itself, should come secondary to any stories explicitly released with text, like prose or comics, or words seen on TV. When it comes down to it, it is a script, not a valid prose release in its own right.

The decision here comes to: do we make exceptions and allow "checkers" when used within an official text output, or do we enforce (or suggest) the proper UK spelling of "chequers"? If the latter, regardless of what is used in the text, "chequers/chequered/chequerboard" will reign supreme.

In this case, a DWU source actually tells us that chequerboard is UK and checkerboard is US. So while we can mention "checkerboard" as the US spelling on the page, T:BRENG tells us to go with the UK spelling. I don't think that would be at all controversial.