From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 10 21:19:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA05702 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:19:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au ([203.36.2.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA05635 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:19:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.7) id OAA08739; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 14:18:23 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199804110418.OAA08739@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Misspelling in lib/libutil/login_cap.3 [w/ patch] In-Reply-To: from John Fieber at "Apr 10, 98 11:12:23 pm" To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 14:18:23 +1000 (EST) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, chadf@bookcase.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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