From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/27] Documentation: Spelling fixes Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:29:16 +0200 Message-ID: <4484239C.7020608@op5.se> References: <33723.2579863214$1149366476@news.gmane.org> <7vk67xenfe.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Junio C Hamano , Horst.H.von.Brand@inf.utfsm.cl, git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jun 05 14:29:24 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FnECv-0003nG-Nw for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:29:22 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751043AbWFEM3T (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:29:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751044AbWFEM3T (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:29:19 -0400 Received: from linux-server1.op5.se ([193.201.96.2]:23233 "EHLO smtp-gw1.op5.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751042AbWFEM3S (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:29:18 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.20] (host-213.88.215.14.addr.se.sn.net [213.88.215.14]) by smtp-gw1.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FBA36BD38; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 14:29:17 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8-1.1.fc4 (X11/20060501) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: Nikolai Weibull In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 6/4/06, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Most do not seem to be typoes, depending on where you learned >> the language (XYZour vs XYZor; ok, Ok, and OK; ie vs i.e.). > > > Where do you write "ie" instead of "i.e."? > Mailing lists, online conversations, tech docs written in code editors... Compare with online'ish abbrevs (afaict, iirc, imo, fyi). > In Swedish, there has been a trend to remove dots from abbreviated > expressions, but it seems people are returning to use dots. > Personally, I find that dots make things a lot clearer. > Swedish has lots of abbreviations where one "part" of the abbreviation consists of multiple characters, like t.ex. When each character of the abbrev defines one complete word dots are just prettiness-noise, their presence or absence decided by the gravity of the meaning ("R.I.P." vs "ie"). Obviously, correctness never hurts but this is, on two accounts, punktknulleri. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231