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From: "Randal, Phil" <prandal@herefordshire.gov.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Change all occurrences of 'flavour' to 'flavor'
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:42:24 -0000
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> > Change all occurences of flavour to flavor
> 
> s/r/rr/
> 
> > I've just comiled all affected files
> 
> ...
> 
> > Andries, I did a small check if mount uses the fieldnames 
> frrom the kernel
> > headers, which doesn't seem to be the case, can you confirm 
> that this?
> 
> The theory still is that user space must not include kernel headers,
> so even if mount used some include this is not an objection.
> 
> On the other hand, I am not quite sure why one would do this.
> Fixing typos I like - occurences should be occurrences and 
> comiled compiled -
> but fixing something that is correct in English because it is 
> wrong in American?
> There are occasional words in Polish, Danish, French, German 
> in the kernel.
> I wouldn't mind some words in English.
> 
> Andries

I'd hazard a guess that number of non-American English speakers far
outnumbers the Americans, so can we stick to the Queen's English please?

Cheers,

Phil
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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK
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