Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752606AbaAIBlC (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jan 2014 20:41:02 -0500 Received: from mail-pd0-f179.google.com ([209.85.192.179]:39628 "EHLO mail-pd0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754069AbaAIBk7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jan 2014 20:40:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <52CDC6D0.50601@infradead.org> References: <52CD9ED7.5090208@infradead.org> <52CDC6D0.50601@infradead.org> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 01:40:59 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: APJe5OanCwjHLSNiU6Pz-m3hGeo Message-ID: Subject: Re: Documentation: spelling From: Laszlo Papp To: Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 01/08/14 13:11, Laszlo Papp wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Randy Dunlap 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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/