From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 28 20:42:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15071 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:42:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from newport-1-5.quick.net (newport-1-5.quick.net [207.212.160.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15066 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:42:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from josh@newport-1-5.quick.net) Received: (from josh@localhost) by newport-1-5.quick.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA08817; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:41:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from josh) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:41:47 -0800 From: Josh Gilliam To: Wolfram Schneider Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spelling question Message-ID: <19981228204147.A8433@newport-1-5.quick.net> References: <19981223105416.A9470@dragon.nuxi.com> <19981228182541.B8797@panke.de.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.16i In-Reply-To: <19981228182541.B8797@panke.de.freebsd.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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 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