Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 06:47:42 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: dfr@nlsystems.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Draft manpages available for review Message-ID: <199806282247.GAA13106@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jun 1998 11:36:19 MST." <199806281836.LAA20728@ix.netcom.com>
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Thomas Dean wrote: [..] > devclass_add_driver - ispell says 'initialisation' should be 'initialization' Depends where you live.. I've got two dictionaries that pretty much say the exact opposite on this particular suffix. I've given up trying to predict which will say what these days. Generally Australian English is closer to British English than American English, but not in this case it seems. The Oxford (.uk) and Macquarie (.au) appear to disagree. The most current dictionary I have (the Macquarie, which is updated regularly based on common usage) suggests that initialisation is the canonical form *here* but has initialization listed as a variation according to suffix rules. The Oxford (*very* old edition - 1911, last revised in 1964) doesn't know about -isation, but does list when and how one would use -ize vs. -ise in the UK. I give up. :-) Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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