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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:56:15 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
Cc:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Wilko Bulte <wilko@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes 
Message-ID:  <35347.1150120575@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:39:34 %2B0200." <86irn6sdbd.fsf@xps.des.no> 

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In message <86irn6sdbd.fsf@xps.des.no>, Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= 
writes:


>> > The correct spelling is "counsel".
>> but the correct quote is "council [sic]".

This is indeed the correct way to quote when the original contains
a spelling or grammer mistake.

>If Winston Churchil had cleared his throat in the middle of a speech,
>do you think historians would have recorded it as "but it may well be
>the harrrrk end of the beginning?"

Having just read Roy Jenkins excellent (read it!) Winston Chuchill
biography I can assure you that not only would they do that, they
would also try to track down which particular bit of his breakfast
was responsible :-)

Poul-Henning

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