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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix typos in comments

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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Jul 20, 2013, 19:39 UTC
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<20130720193905.GA3904@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>
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On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 09:13:12PM +0200, Ondřej Bílka wrote:
> A dictionary that I generated is following, patch is below.
> 
>              alloted allocated

"allotted" is a valid word, and I think it would work fine in the code. It's probably what was intended, anyway.

>            behaviour behavior
>            colourful colorful
>          initialised initialized

I'm not sure whether git has a standard for which dialect of English is to be used, but the three words on the left are considered correct in most non-American dialects. Characterizing them as "typos" isn't strictly correct. Perhaps "Convert comments to American English" is more accurate?

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  1. 1/2 Fix generic typos in commentsOndřej Bílka, Jul 20, 2013
  2. Ondřej BílkaJul 20, 2013
  3. brian m. carlsonJul 20, 2013
  4. American or British English?Ondřej Bílka, Jul 20, 2013
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 20, 2013
  6. Ondřej BílkaJul 20, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2013

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