From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0BCC32789 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D944D204FD for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:32:57 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org D944D204FD Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729601AbeKUDC4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:02:56 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:55780 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727193AbeKUDC4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:02:56 -0500 Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C31D79AF; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:32:55 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:32:54 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Will Deacon Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Howells , Liam Girdwood , Chris Wilson , Michael Halcrow Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst" Message-ID: <20181120093254.675090f6@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <1542625365-21886-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> References: <1542625365-21886-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:02:45 +0000 Will Deacon wrote: > Whilst making an unrelated change to some Documentation, Linus sayeth: > > | Afaik, even in Britain, "whilst" is unusual and considered more > | formal, and "while" is the common word. > | > | [...] > | > | Can we just admit that we work with computers, and we don't need to > | use þe eald Englisc spelling of words that most of the world never > | uses? > > dictionary.com refers to the word as "Chiefly British", which is > probably an undesirable attribute for technical documentation. > > Replace all occurrences under Documentation/ with "while". So I've gone ahead and applied this, just because "whilst" does look a little strange to some. I truly do not want this to be the beginning of a pile of patches "fixing" British spellings and such, though; I really don't think those need to be fixed. Thanks, jon