From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 07:41:34 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] Spell - was tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from In-Reply-To: <201711211608.vALG81PQ014303@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> References: <201711211608.vALG81PQ014303@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Message-ID: 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."