From: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: deregister?
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:40:15 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AECECAF.10508@microgate.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010429211049.A17111@mp3revolution.net>
Andres Salomon wrote:
> I'm kind of curious; "deregister" is used quite often in the kernel:
>
> pcmcia_deregister_client
...
> matroxfb_dh_deregisterfb
>
> Not to mention in various comments and documentation. Deregister,
> according to www.m-w.com (and many other dictionaries), is not a word.
> Is there some sort of historical significance to this being used, in
> place of "unregister"?
Linux kernel source vs. the English language.
One of them will have to bend...
let's get ready to rumble!
Now that it has been pointed out it will mildly
irritate people (myself included) until it
*is* corrected (I guess ignorance was bliss :-)
Paul Fulghum
paulkf@microgate.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-30 3:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-30 1:10 deregister? Andres Salomon
2001-04-30 1:27 ` deregister? Rik van Riel
2001-04-30 2:03 ` deregister? Andres Salomon
2001-04-30 1:28 ` deregister? Gregory Maxwell
2001-04-30 4:40 ` Paul Fulghum [this message]
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2001-04-30 5:23 deregister? Jonathan Lundell
2001-04-30 5:39 ` deregister? Steve VanDevender
2001-04-30 6:03 ` deregister? Jonathan Lundell
2001-04-30 11:39 ` deregister? mirabilos
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