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Date:      Sat, 11 Apr 1998 14:18:23 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber)
Cc:        jb@cimlogic.com.au, chadf@bookcase.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Misspelling in lib/libutil/login_cap.3 [w/ patch]
Message-ID:  <199804110418.OAA08739@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410230946.14017G-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Apr 10, 98 11:12:23 pm"

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John Fieber wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, John Birrell wrote:
> 
> > Chad M. Fraleigh wrote:
> > > 
> > > 	"authorisation" should be "authorization".
> > 
> > In my _*English*_ dictionary, either is acceptable.
> 
> Citation please?

The Concise Oxford Dictionary 5th edition. Printed in Great Britain.

> Not found in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed), nor any of

Check if the 's' and 'z' versions are under the _same_ entry.
They are in mine.

> the American dictionaries I have on hand (American Heritage,
> Webster). 
> 
> It may be acceptable somewhere, but I dare say that the "z"
> version is much more widely accepted.

Sorry, at school I was taught English, not American.

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