From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jul 16 17:14:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A36F37B400; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:14:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blues.jpj.net (blues.jpj.net [208.210.80.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95DD943E3B; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:14:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trevor@jpj.net) Received: from blues.jpj.net (localhost.jpj.net [127.0.0.1]) by blues.jpj.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6H0EMVe082630; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:14:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trevor@jpj.net) Received: from localhost (trevor@localhost) by blues.jpj.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id g6H0EMb7082627; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:14:22 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: blues.jpj.net: trevor owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:14:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson To: Trevor Johnson Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, , Marc Fonvieille Subject: Re: docs/38225: change "CDROM" to "CD-ROM" In-Reply-To: <200207162346.g6GNkTlY005618@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20020716194903.E80939-100000@blues.jpj.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > State-Changed-From-To: closed->open > State-Changed-By: trevor > State-Changed-When: Tue Jul 16 16:43:06 PDT 2002 > State-Changed-Why: > With the patch accompanying this PR, I proposed to change > doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml . > The fact that the patch has not yet been applied is IMO not a valid > reason for closing the PR. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=38225 Before I submitted this PR, I was advised in a private e-mail that I should "launch a campaign to change the word-list of the FDP." If this PR is not the proper way to do so, please let me know what the procedure is. My correspondent told me that the existence of Walnut Creek CDROM was a factor in the choice of "CDROM" over "CD-ROM." A (probably related) factor was that "CDROM" already outnumbered "CD-ROM," so it was easier to change to the incorrect spelling. With the company's unfortunate demise, the decision should be reconsidered. Oftentimes, words are intentionally misspelled (for example "EZ," "Cheez," or "Wip") in order to make a trademark more enforceable. Perhaps that happened here. -- Trevor Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message