From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:09:15 -0800 Message-ID: <007b01c95559$1bda9550$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <001601c954d2$1362b0b0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <007701c9554d$1a7619c0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <493693EC.1000203@f2s.com> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 1476@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228318314 18773 80.91.229.12 (3 Dec 2008 15:31:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Lawrence Mitchell' To: "'Jason Rumney'" , <1476@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com> Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 16:32:57 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L7tiP-0001Z7-Qh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:32:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59997 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7thF-0004K6-Es for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:31:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7tgM-0003Rs-5W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:30:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7tgI-0003OZ-Nd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:30:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41617 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7tgH-0003OC-W3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:30:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:40307) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L7tgG-0000Fn-Ha for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:30:25 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mB3FUDIx025020; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:30:14 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mB3FF7ER020993; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:15:07 -0800 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1476 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1476-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1476.122831695719418 (code B ref 1476); Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1476) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Dec 2008 15:09:17 +0000 Original-Received: from rgminet11.oracle.com (rcsinet11.oracle.com [148.87.113.123]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mB3F9E7g019411 for <1476@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:09:15 -0800 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id mB3FA2G0032715 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:10:03 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt701.oracle.com (acsmt701.oracle.com [141.146.40.71]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id mB3F9CNa012985; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:09:14 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.168.82) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:09:04 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AclVUV0ixi6C2iVQQByDM0UadHeNPQAAII+w X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 In-Reply-To: <493693EC.1000203@f2s.com> X-Source-IP: acsmt701.oracle.com [141.146.40.71] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090203.4936A112.022D:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:30:26 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:22908 Archived-At: > > English has no equivalent of l'Academie Francaise, and that > > includes the OED. > > I'd sooner believe the OED's opinion on spelling than Drew Adams's. So would I. ;-) In this case, the two opinions about "writeable" are the same, however: both spellings are English. The OED did not speak to whether _Emacs_ should use "writeable", did it? That is the question. Emacs tries to be internally consistent and consistent with common usage. It standardizes on American spelling for its internal consistency. AFAIK. And it's right to do that, because that is most helpful to most users around the world...for now. That will no doubt change with time, but for the moment it is American spelling that is closest to international (esp. business and technical) English usage. And my guess is that American usage is overwhelmingly used in English software documentation. But hang in there - the sun will set on the American Empire also.