Talk:favorite

Masculine and Feminine in translations

I have just added the translation to Portuguese, and I added it both in masculine and feminine. Could somebody answer me if I should have done like that, or, as this switch from masculine to feminine in this word is "regular", should I have written just the masculine version?

If it should be different, please, feel free to change it.

--Caveden 19:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't see anything at Wiktionary:About Portuguese, so I don't think there are any special concerns for that language. Therefore, yes, including both masculine and feminine seems correct (preferred.) Since I don't speak Portuguese, (and there is no Portuguese section of favorito yet) I'd have no direct way of knowing the feminine form exists. --Connel MacKenzie 19:29, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't I have received an e-mail telling me you edited this page? It's on my watchlist...
--Caveden 22:08, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Alternative?

I would think that favorite, without the u would be alternative, as it is more commonly spelt with the u. Favorite is an American only spelling.

I don't think the "Alternative" here means less usual. It just means "another way of spelling it". If you take a look at the favourite entry, you'll see that favorite is also referred there as Alternative.
--Caveden 23:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

It should, although 'favorite' is more common in text and among speakers, given the US population alone is larger than every country listed at favourite. I'm sure there's a policy about such common but divergent words, though, given how much edit warring would occur with actual preference. — LlywelynII 10:23, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

That said, we should keep the same list of senses at each entry. Someone expanded the Brit. side but not the American one, which incorrectly permits that the main meaning isn't now 'most liked'. 'Most favorite' is usually looked at as wrong these days, apart from in comparisons with 'least favorite'. — LlywelynII 10:27, 12 June 2018 (UTC)