Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272492AbTHSQLk (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:11:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272487AbTHSQLj (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:11:39 -0400 Received: from iris.coastside.net ([207.213.212.14]:10650 "HELO iris.coastside.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S272492AbTHSQK1 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:10:27 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <1061299931.30565.40.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> References: <20030819012411.GA30871@www.13thfloor.at> <1061299931.30565.40.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:10:12 -0700 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List From: Jonathan Lundell Subject: Re: [OT] 'the the' in mails ... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 859 Lines: 23 At 2:32pm +0100 8/19/03, Alan Cox wrote: >On Maw, 2003-08-19 at 02:24, Herbert P?tzl wrote: >> I know this is absolutely off topic, but >> about 30 threads, in the last two months, >> on lkml contain this strange construct, >> and I'm worried that I miss something very >> important ... > >Its a very common typo, especially at the end of a line. ...where for some reason it tends to be invisible. A quick scan of some list messages suggests that it's also a fairly common typo for "to the", "that the", and the like. A case of the brain running on ahead of the fingers, I suppose. -- /Jonathan Lundell. - 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/