Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation/technical: fix a typo

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 23, 2024, 18:55 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq34lq2oa4.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSis+QYgkPM2pFrEpEWOyny3XpMJpgYbGbJu2ZL5SBmow@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

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> The word "publicly" is, of course, so frequently misspelled that it is
> not surprising that "publically" has been accepted into some
> dictionaries as a legitimate spelling, but, as one who grew up
> understanding the correct spelling to be "publicly", the variant
> spelling still makes my reading hiccup big time, so I found no problem
> with this patch.

Yup, living languages annoy old-timers more than new folks with phrases and usages that used to be ungrammatical gaining legitimacy with wider use. I see this all the time in the language I am native in, too.

Thanks for an input.  Let's queue this patch, then.