From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 20:33:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: typofix
Message-ID: <20140502203327.GB32500@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfvksav81.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 11:31:10AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> But let's follow this one:
> 
> http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=judgement%20call%2C%20judgment%20call&cmpt=q
> 
> which seems to say that with 'e' is more common.

Grammar by democracy. ;)

> *1* To Americans, the form with 'e' is abomination.  Wikipedia
> claims that (1) without 'e' is in legal and (2) with 'e' in other
> contexts in British (this particular one is a non-legal use), and
> (3) both are equally acceptable in non-legal contexts in Austraria
> and Canada.

That is what I found most interesting about the discussion. The reason I
bothered to look it up and say something is that as an American, I would
without a doubt spell it with the "e", contradicting what I found
online. Oh well. 

-Peff