Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 22:26:05 +0300 (EEST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-doc <doc@freebsd.org>, <bob@bgpbook.com> Subject: Re: Minor 'historic' flaw in FreeBSD article "Bootstrapping Vinum" Message-ID: <20020528222333.K25512-100000@hades> In-Reply-To: <20020527225802.GA31343@merlin.emma.line.org>
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On 2002-05-28 00:58, Matthias Andree wrote: > Please note I'm not subscribed to FreeBSD's doc mailing list, so Cc: > replies as appropriate. That's the norm around here :) > --- /tmp/article.sgml.orig Tue May 28 00:51:20 2002 > +++ /tmp/article.sgml Tue May 28 00:52:04 2002 > @@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ > <para>&vinum.ap; was inspired by the Veritas Volume Manager, but > was not derived from it. > The name is a play on that history and the Latin adage > - <foreignphrase>In Vino Veritas</foreignphrase> > - (<foreignphrase>Vino</foreignphrase> is the accusative form of > - <foreignphrase>Vinum</foreignphrase>). > + <foreignphrase>in vino veritas</foreignphrase> > + (<foreignphrase>vino</foreignphrase> is the ablative form of > + <foreignphrase>vinum</foreignphrase>). > Literally translated, that is <quote>Truth lies in wine</quote> hinting that > drunkards have a hard time lying. > </para> This essentially changes only one word! Do you really have to remove the capitalization of all the phrases, in order to change one word? :) This way, the change accusative -> ablative is lost in the noise of all the decapitalization differences! - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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