From ca303033a649e3ec3a9ecb01b16c1fa92be5df6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:21:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] * CONTRIBUTE: American English in messages & IDs.

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 CONTRIBUTE | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index ed42c4b8116..9bbadb0135d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ command to index them; for instance, use @vindex for variables and
 https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Predefined-Indices.html
 or run the shell command 'info "(texinfo)Predefined Indices"'.
 
-We prefer American English both in doc strings and in the manuals.
+We prefer American English in doc strings, manuals, messages, and identifiers.
 That includes both spelling (e.g., "behavior", not "behaviour") and
 the convention of leaving 2 spaces between sentences.