Messages in this thread | | | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: Update to the serial driver | Date | Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:22:46 +0100 (BST) |
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Michael K. Johnson > > > Matthew Wilcox writes: > >> From: tytso@mit.edu > ... > >Please apply a search and replace cannonicalize -> canonicalise. There > >are few things more annoying than misspelt functions. > > Matthew, mit.edu is in the united states. Over this side of the pond, > we don't use quite all the same spellings that you do. One particular > example is that we tend to use -ize where you use -ise.
You wouldn't believe quite how many flames I've got over this. I know many won't believe me, but I didn't even notice the ise/ize. I was referring to the doubled n. I have no idea whether the linux kernel contains british or american spellings. <sigh>
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