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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 01:40:59 +0000 From: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@....org> To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Documentation: spelling On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote: > On 01/08/14 13:11, Laszlo Papp wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote: >>> On 01/08/2014 08:31 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> which spelling is preferred for the documentation when sending patches? >>>> >>>> I see the UK'ish "initialise" as well as the US'ish "initialization" >>>> within the same close to each other. >>> >>> >>> We accept either UK or US spellings. >>> >>> It would be nice to be consistent within one document, but about all >>> that we can count on is for one person to be consistent most of the >>> time. >>> >>> -- >>> ~Randy >> >> Thanks Randy! >> >> So, does that mean if I fix grammar or typo issues in a file, I should >> also fix the UK'ish terms by replacing them with the US'ish when both >> types are occurring? > > I would say the fewer "trivial" changes, the better, so don't change them > if they are correct in either spelling. Strange, but ok, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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