Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 09:47:40 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>, David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Cc: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Misspelling in lib/libutil/login_cap.3 [w/ patch] Message-ID: <19980412094740.25837@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980411124647.28521E-100000@james.hwcn.org>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 12:55:58PM -0400 References: <19980411143046.35436@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <Pine.GSO.3.96.980411124647.28521E-100000@james.hwcn.org>
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On Sat, 11 April 1998 at 12:55:58 -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > [moved from -current to -chat] > > On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, David Dawes wrote: > >> 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. > > This isn't about dictionaries. This is about grammar, spelling, > and language. Where the heck do dictionaries come in? > Dictionaries are for authors who lack confidence in their > writing and need the reassurance of some acadame locked away in a > room somewhere. Right. Keep spelling part of the oral tradition, where it belongs. Somebody really pressed your button, didn't they? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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