Re: [PATCH] ext3: Fix typos in messages and comments (journalled -> journaled)

SL Baur
2008-05-03T06:32:53Z

On 4/30/08, Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> I hate to get into these discussions, but I've used "journaled" a lot,
> so I feel I should chime in.
>
> Maybe it's different in the UK, but I've always understood that if the
> accent is not on the last syllable, then you do not double the final
> vowel: offer, offered. So if we accept the use of "journal" as a verb,
> "journaled" would be correct.

So I have been taught as well. Merriam-Webster says:

The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling
suggestion below or try again using the search bar above.
Suggestions for journalled:
1. journalese 2. journalized
3. journalize 4. journals
5. journalizer 6. journeyed
7. journal 8. journal box
9. Journalist 10. julienned
11. junketed 12. generally
13. generals 14. journaleses
15. Journalism 16. General
17. gillnetted 18. gingered
19. journalizes 20. gendered

I'd suggest using neither M-W or OED as sole references and accept
spellings from both. Past experience has shown me that this is one
area where there will *never* be consensus.

-sb