From: "SL Baur" Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: Fix typos in messages and comments (journalled -> journaled) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 23:32:49 -0700 Message-ID: References: <12095679813226-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812375-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812452-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <1209567981639-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <20080430104330.66c44d4f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080430212711.168bdcc0@core> <1209592973.6113.23.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Alan Cox" , "Andrew Morton" , "Jan Kara" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: "Dave Kleikamp" Return-path: Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.180]:15104 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758426AbYECGcx (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 02:32:53 -0400 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j37so752964waf.23 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 23:32:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1209592973.6113.23.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 4/30/08, Dave Kleikamp wrote: > I hate to get into these discussions, but I've used "journaled" a lot, > so I feel I should chime in. > > Maybe it's different in the UK, but I've always understood that if the > accent is not on the last syllable, then you do not double the final > vowel: offer, offered. So if we accept the use of "journal" as a verb, > "journaled" would be correct. So I have been taught as well. Merriam-Webster says: The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the search bar above. Suggestions for journalled: 1. journalese 2. journalized 3. journalize 4. journals 5. journalizer 6. journeyed 7. journal 8. journal box 9. Journalist 10. julienned 11. junketed 12. generally 13. generals 14. journaleses 15. Journalism 16. General 17. gillnetted 18. gingered 19. journalizes 20. gendered I'd suggest using neither M-W or OED as sole references and accept spellings from both. Past experience has shown me that this is one area where there will *never* be consensus. -sb