Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:52:13 -0500 From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spelling error? Message-ID: <20160125155213.GA42644@night.db.net> In-Reply-To: <56A64190.8080109@freebsd.org> References: <CMM.0.91.0.1453723812.bygg@mail.cafax.se> <CAE-mSOKgGygroyWkkiK1zTT5xPciGc9VWG3GryjXTS8LW57W1A@mail.gmail.com> <56A64190.8080109@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:38:56AM -0500, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2016-01-25 08:36, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > > On 26 January 2016 at 02:10, Johnny Eriksson <bygg@cafax.se> wrote: > >> I just noticed a possible small spelling error in the web page > >> > >> http://www.freebsd.org/features.html > >> > >> At the end, in the section about firewalls, there is the text: > >> > >> "allowing network administrators to simular adverse network" > >> > >> I assume that the word simular should read simulate here. > >> > > > > That's an archaic form after Latin "simulare". > > FWIW, it is in use, e.g., in Spanish. > > http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=simular > > Yes, it is a typo. The word is meant to be "simulate" I doubt we want 1610 era English. > > I have corrected the page on the website. It should be live within an hour. > > -- > Allan Jude > Diane -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db
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