From: Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:06:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitk: Update and fix Makefile (spelling fix)
Message-ID: <200801132206.52023.stimming@tuhh.de>
In-Reply-To: <18311.64910.643392.816623@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>

Am Samstag, 12. Januar 2008 00:36 schrieb Paul Mackerras:
> > 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