From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] Spell - was tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 07:41:34 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1711220736120.780@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201711211608.vALG81PQ014303@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU>
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, Doug McIlroy wrote:
> Among the BUGS listed for spell(1) in v7 was "Britsh spelling was done
> by an American".
Also in V6, I think.
> 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.
Tnen consider yourself thanked again! As a Britisher, I get annoyed with
the slow influx of American spelling and grammar here in Australia.
I now use "aspell" with what claims to be a British dictionary, but I'm
still forever correcting it.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-21 16:08 Doug McIlroy
2017-11-21 20:41 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
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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