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Re: [PATCH] gitk: Update and fix Makefile (spelling fix)

From
Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>
Date
Jan 13, 2008, 21:06 UTC
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<200801132206.52023.stimming@tuhh.de>
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Am Samstag, 12. Januar 2008 00:36 schrieb Paul Mackerras:
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> > Christian Stimming (2):
> >       gitk: Fix typo in user message.
>
> I was going to ignore this one since "descendent" is actually a valid
> alternate spelling, and is the one I am used to.  However, I don't
> have a strong feeling about it.

In the dictionaries I consulted before proposing this patch, "descendant" was the *only* valid spelling. I checked http://dict.leo.org/?search=descendent , (on paper) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (1998 edition). Now when looking up http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/descendent your original spelling is also mentioned as a variant, but as the other dictionaries didn't have it, I assumed this should rather be changed.

Christian
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Message 10 of 10 in “gitk: Update and fix Makefile”
  1. gitk: Update and fix MakefileChristian Stimming, Jan 8, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2008
  3. Paul MackerrasJan 9, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2008
  7. Paul MackerrasJan 11, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2008
  9. Jeff KingJan 12, 2008
  10. Christian StimmingJan 13, 2008

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