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SubjectRe: Documentation: spelling
On 01/08/14 13:11, Laszlo Papp wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>> On 01/08/2014 08:31 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> which spelling is preferred for the documentation when sending patches?
>>>
>>> I see the UK'ish "initialise" as well as the US'ish "initialization"
>>> within the same close to each other.
>>
>>
>> We accept either UK or US spellings.
>>
>> It would be nice to be consistent within one document, but about all
>> that we can count on is for one person to be consistent most of the
>> time.
>>
>> --
>> ~Randy
>
> Thanks Randy!
>
> So, does that mean if I fix grammar or typo issues in a file, I should
> also fix the UK'ish terms by replacing them with the US'ish when both
> types are occurring?

I would say the fewer "trivial" changes, the better, so don't change them
if they are correct in either spelling.

--
~Randy


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