Hi Branden, On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 03:05:33PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Alex, > > At 2025-12-25T14:22:54+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 02:20:39PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 02:38:26PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > > Without further ado, the following was found: > > > > > > > > Issue: multiplexor → multiplexer > > > > > > I see both used: > > > > > > $ grep -rho multiplex.r man/ | sort| uniq -c > > > 4 multiplexer > > > 4 multiplexor > > > > > > Which one should we prefer, and why? > > > > A reason for 'e' is that __NR_multiplexer uses 'e'. > > That's the best reason to choose 'e', and the one I'd select. Agree. Thanks! commit 011bcb9c453cbf6490f7678e8d2f880acf2026f7 (HEAD -> contrib) Author: Alejandro Colomar Date: Thu Dec 25 22:15:32 2025 +0100 man/: Unify spelling of 'multiplexer' Both 'o' and 'e' are used in the manual pages: $ grep -rho multiplex.r man/ | sort| uniq -c 4 multiplexer 4 multiplexor Let's stick to 'e', for consistency with __NR_multiplexer. Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann Acked-by: "G. Branden Robinson" Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar > > The question of usage of -or or -er is a messy one in English, whether > in Commonwealth or Yankee forms.[1][2] > > (If we're being even more picky, -trix further spices the mix.[3]) :-) > > Regards, > Branden > > [1] https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2007/10/agentive-suffixes-er-and-or-and-little.html > [2] https://ianjamesparsley.wordpress.com/2023/02/17/the-weirdness-of-agent-nouns/ > [3] https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/womens_suffixes.php Thanks! Have a lovely night! Alex --