From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759268AbYEAJ4A (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 05:56:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758386AbYEAJzt (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 05:55:49 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:49823 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757592AbYEAJzs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 05:55:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:47:39 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Dave Kleikamp Cc: Andrew Morton , Jan Kara , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: Fix typos in messages and comments (journalled -> journaled) Message-ID: <20080501104739.154a7994@core> In-Reply-To: <1209608887.7650.6.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> References: <12095679813226-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812375-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812452-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <1209567981639-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <20080430104330.66c44d4f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080430212711.168bdcc0@core> <1209592973.6113.23.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> <20080501002018.2729adcc@core> <1209608887.7650.6.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > I think I'm going to follow this up with the professional bodies and see > > if there is an opinion because either the computing world needs to agree > > on a proper English name, or they need to agree on a new one and talk to > > the dictionary people about it. > > If there's some kind of consensus, I don't have strong feelings either > way. BCS: "BCS use the OED as the final arbiter, without the zeds though...so journalise is what we'd use if we absolutely had to." I don't know if anyone has the right ACM contacts to find out what the other big professional body thinks ? Alan