Re: [PATCH] hfsplus: Correct user visible printk

SL Baur
2008-05-03T11:50:10Z

On 5/2/08, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> Actually using proper language is most definitely an improvement. Right
> now we are using incorrect made up words. Not only that we are using
> incorrect made up words when the ...

Alan, you misunderestimate[1] how important Linux has become. Linux is
important and pervasive enough that you have the ability to make any new
word you wish, like well, "Linux".

(Although I do hope and pray that "propogate" never becomes an accepted
spelling).

> computing professional bodies also say that our choice is wrong.

And Microsoft says deploying Linux is "risky". Are we supposed to care?

I've changed my mind on this issue. I think we should keep "journaled" in
the sources. It makes sense and if future dictionaries credit the etymology of
that word to Linux kernel developers, so much the better.

-sb

[1] Inside joke on USians.