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. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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