From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Documentation: spelling
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:44:48 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52CDC6D0.50601@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOMwXhNyFKpgczBt_iABqqZViPpodVnkKeX07cuJiqXPvBvYSw@mail.gmail.com>
On 01/08/14 13:11, Laszlo Papp wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> 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.
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-08 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-08 16:31 Laszlo Papp
2014-01-08 18:54 ` Randy Dunlap
2014-01-08 21:11 ` Laszlo Papp
2014-01-08 21:44 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2014-01-09 1:40 ` Laszlo Papp
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