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Date:      Fri, 17 May 2002 08:30:29 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Correct spelling (was: cvs commit: src/sbin/adjkerntz adjkerntz.8 src/sbin/badsect badsect.8 badsect.c src/sbin/clri clri.8 src/sbin/disklabel disklabel.5 disklabel.8 src/sbin/dump Makefile dump.h main.c)
Message-ID:  <20020517083029.B2890@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20020517110130.P97098@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, May 17, 2002 at 11:01:30AM %2B0930
References:  <200205160410.g4G4Akn73697@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020516163820.H1640-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <20020517110130.P97098@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 11:01:30AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Thursday, 16 May 2002 at 16:40:25 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 May 2002, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> >
> >>   Log:
> >>   more file system > filesystem
> >
> > The number of these changes probably shows that the change is from
> > one correct spelling to another at best, or backwards at worst.  I
> > prefer "file system" in most contexts.
> 
> Agreed.  There's no evidence that "filesystem" is correct.  Most spell
> checkers flag it.  I've just checked the usage in print media.  I

I can't help wondering if there is any point in changing things like
this. Consider: is there anybody on this planet who would not
understand file system but would understand filesystem (or viceversa)?

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