man-pages.7: Add historical note on reason for use of Americal spelling

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-01-03 10:04:39 +13:00
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@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ create properly hyperlinked pages.)
.SS Spelling
Starting with release 2.59,
.I man-pages
follows American spelling conventions;
follows American spelling conventions
(previously, there was a random mix of British and American spallings);
please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions.
.SS Capitalization
In subsection ("SS") headings