From: doug@cs.dartmouth.edu (Doug McIlroy)
Subject: [TUHS] Spell - was tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:08:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201711211608.vALG81PQ014303@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> (raw)
`quotes'
> rules used ... to create British spelling from an American
> English database often leave a lot to be desired.
Among the BUGS listed for spell(1) in v7 was "Britsh spelling was
done by an American".
Nevertheless, at least one British expat thanked me for spell -b.
He had been using the original "spell", and ignoring its reports
of British "misspellings". But, he said, long exposure to American
writing had infected his writing. Spell -b was a blessing, for
revealed where his usage wobbled between traditions.
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2017-11-21 16:08 Doug McIlroy [this message]
2017-11-21 20:41 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-21 21:48 ` Ralph Corderoy
2017-11-21 23:11 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-21 23:43 ` Will Senn
2017-11-22 0:13 ` Clem Cole
2017-11-22 2:58 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-22 0:38 Noel Chiappa
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