Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:41:47 -0800 From: Josh Gilliam <josh@quick.net> To: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spelling question Message-ID: <19981228204147.A8433@newport-1-5.quick.net> In-Reply-To: <19981228182541.B8797@panke.de.freebsd.org> References: <19981223105416.A9470@dragon.nuxi.com> <19981228182541.B8797@panke.de.freebsd.org>
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> > Sorry to spam this list, but I'm hoping some on this list are > > particularly strong in spelling. Is ``corelation'' really an accepted > > spelling? It in my Random House dictionary, WWWebster Dictionary > > (http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm), nor Solaris's dict/words. If not, I > > want to remove these spellings from our dict/words. > > You can ask altavista which spelling is prefered by the > majority of the Internet users. If the ratio is less than 1:10 > both spellings are accepted. Hmm. That ratio seems a bit 'high' to judge incorrect usage. (current) Berkeley Standard Distribution: 205 Berkeley Software Distribution: 1926 (23 Apr 1998) Berkeley Standard Distribution: 191 Berkeley Software Distribution: 724 (Correct usage is Berkeley Software Distribution, of course.) -- Josh Gilliam <josh@quick.net> 6745 Washington Ave #198 1 626 968 5232 Whittier CA 90601-4325 USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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