Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 12:29:55 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: email vs. e-mail, was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c Message-ID: <20020521122955.A31528@chiark.greenend.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <p05111701b90fb2744154@[10.9.8.215]>; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:15:57AM %2B0200 References: <200205162121.g4GLLGQ43405@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020516220511.A9DBE380A@overcee.wemm.org> <20020517114010.A57127@regency.nsu.ru> <20020519100324.GK44562@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <20020519134348.I67779@blossom.cjclark.org> <p05111722b90de01cc974@[10.9.8.215]> <20020520195703.A79046@dragon.nuxi.com> <p05111701b90fb2744154@[10.9.8.215]>
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On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:15:57AM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 7:57 PM -0700 2002/05/20, David O'Brien wrote: > > >> Right after we settle the "e-mail" vs. "email" debate. ;-) > > > > Knuth already did -- http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html > > I consider Knuth to be authoritative on matters relating to > computer science. I do not consider him to be authoritative on > matters relating to the use of the English language. When this use > is recognized and recommended by the Oxford English Dictionary, I > might consider it -- but not before. I have an Oxford Encyclopaedic Dictionary from 1991 that lists email as the primary usage. I expect the same to be true for the full dictionary, but I don't have convenient access to a copy. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ IRISH SEA: SOUTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8. RAIN THEN SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD OCCASIONALLY MODERATE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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