netdev - Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: fix spelling mistake "pauseable" -> "pausable"

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Message-ID: <1bcfc53c523f120a4cf0f19490de506c5704d306.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:13:02 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
        Sudarsana Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>,
        GR-everest-linux-l2@...vell.com,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: fix spelling mistake "pauseable" -> "pausable"

On Wed, 2020-03-18 at 09:16 +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> On 18/03/2020 03:37, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2020-03-17 at 18:29 +0000, Colin King wrote:
> > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> > > 
> > > Bulk rename of variables and literal strings. No functional
> > > changes.
> > 
> > I'm not sure either spelling is a "real" word and
> > pauseable seems more intelligible and less likely
> > to be intended to be a typo of "possible" to me.
> 
> It's indeed of marginal benefit. However..
> 
> https://www.yourdictionary.com/pausable

Then again there's this:
https://www.spellcheck.net/misspelled-words/pausable

Correct spelling for PAUSABLE
        
            We think the word pausable is a misspelling.

and

https://www.anagrammer.com/crossword/answer/pausable

The word PAUSABLE is NOT valid in any word game. (Sorry, you cannot play
PAUSABLE in Scrabble, Words With Friends etc)