Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:41:59 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jimmy Olgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha proc-alpha.sgml Message-ID: <20011114104159.A43390@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20011114121703.H42750@monorchid.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 12:17:03PM %2B1030 References: <200111121715.fACHFn782828@harmony.village.org> <20011113234934.E3138-100000@delplex.bde.org> <20011114121703.H42750@monorchid.lemis.com>
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 12:17:03PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 13 November 2001 at 23:53:46 +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Warner Losh wrote: > > > >> In message <20011112112631.A3318@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> Nik Clayton writes: > >>> Possibly. But now every committer knows that we prefer "hard disk" to > >>> "harddisk". That wouldn't happen if the commit message was less > >>> informative. > >> > >> Also, the fixes aren't really typos. Htis is a type. Harddisk is not > >> a typo, but an alternative spelling of hard disk. > > > > Harddisk is a grammar error. > > No, it's a spelling error. In speech the two are indistinguishable. Lets call it a Winchester like in the old days and be done with it :) -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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