Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:40:35 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Misspelling in lib/libutil/login_cap.3 [w/ patch] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410233313.14017I-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980411143046.35436@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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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. OED 2nd edition is 1989, suggesting that the "s" form may be out of fashion, but I would really expect that to be noted if it were the case rather than just omitting it. After all, word history is one of the greatest strengths of the OED. Puzzling.... -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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