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    Alone on a Hill

    aloneonahill.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2019

    Alone on a Hill is a personal site best known for the humorous "If PHP Were British" and a list of Wordle alternatives.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters mostly link "If PHP Were British" whenever British spelling or English variants in code come up.

    Stats for nerds
    20HN people shared it
    9linked in comments
    156story points
    May 2026last shared
    2020people per year2026

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      If PHP Were British (2011)
      17 people · 154 points · first shared 2019 · 46 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Wordle Alternatives – A Comprehensive List (221 and counting)
      2 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · Discussion on HN
    3. 3
      The disney princess desk project
      1 person · first shared 2024

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • edentOct 2020

      I mean, it would be lovely if HTML (invented by a British English speaker) used en_GB throughout. I think it's only "dialogue" which is misspelled in HTML5. Although the obsolete "centre" element is also wrong ;-)

      You might enjoy this article on if PHP were British. https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british/

    • susamSep 2022

      Along similar lines:

      If PHP Were British: https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british/

      Reddit Proper: https://www.reddit.com/r/proper/

    • novoreorxSep 2024

      This somehow reminds me of "If PHP Were British" and I can't help but read it again.

      [1]: https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british

    • kejFeb 2024

      More like this story on the same site, maybe? https://aloneonahill.com/blog/the-disney-princess-desk-project/

    • gpmcadamMay 2020

      Is this the perpetual meme that will never die?

      https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british/

    • 4ndrewlMar 2025

      I was expecting something along the lines of https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british/

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