Re "behavior" vs "behaviour", etc. - GNU Emacs originated in the US. - If there is a choice between US vs UK spelling for a word for new text (code, docs), choose the US variant. - It's probably (IMHO --ttn, 2017-10-13) not a high priority to change existing text; use your best judgment (ask if unsure). - The admin/run-codespell script treats many non-US spellings as typos and fixes them. It does not consider Lisp symbols. - Consider renaming especially commands and user options for consistency. Leave obsolete aliases, as always. - https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2005-06/msg00489.html - In comments, docstrings and other documentation that forms part of Emacs itself, prefer not to abbreviate "Emacs Lisp". Say just "Lisp" whenever the context allows. If you must abbreviate "Emacs Lisp", capitalize it thus: "Elisp".