Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 01:16:11 -0400 From: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>, John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Subject: Re: Misspelling in lib/libutil/login_cap.3 [w/ patch] Message-ID: <19980411011611.17670@vmunix.com> In-Reply-To: <19980411142616.52233@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 02:26:16PM %2B0930 References: <199804102256.IAA07810@cimlogic.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410230946.14017G-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> <19980411143046.35436@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <19980411142616.52233@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 02:26:16PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > (Following up to -chat, where the discussion should have been for a > long time). > > On Sat, 11 April 1998 at 14:30:46 +1000, David Dawes wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 11:12:23PM -0500, John Fieber wrote: > >> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, John Birrell wrote: > >> > >>> Chad M. Fraleigh wrote: > >>>> > >>>> "authorisation" should be "authorization". > >>> > >>> In my _*English*_ dictionary, either is acceptable. > >> > >> Citation please? > >> > >> Not found in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed), nor any of > >> the American dictionaries I have on hand (American Heritage, > >> Webster). > > > > I have a copy of "The Concise Oxford Dictionary", 6th ed (1976). It > > shows both forms, with the "z" version preferred. > > > > Also, "The Macquarie Dictionary", 1st ed, revised (1985), which is > > considered by many to be the reference for English as used in Australia > > shows both with the "s" version preferred. > > That's correct. Australian spelling is more frenchified than British > spelling in this matter. Just for the record, the Canadian English version also uses 's', although 'z' is also acceptable.. Obviously, being a bilingual country (at least in theory..) with French as the second language, Canadian English has many french'isms.. The most notable differences are the use of "ise" over "ize" in most circumstances, the spelling of some "er" ending words with "re", and many "or" ending words with "our". Examples are centre, metre, colour, etc, etc.. I'd vote for keeping "authorisation" the way it is. :-) > My viewpoint on this is that neither spelling is incorrect. Exactly. The wonder of the english language - use it as you will.. ;-) -Mark > Greg > > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem is how do you build tools that understand your programs at a deeper semantic level." - James Gosling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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