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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel source spellchecker
On Sat, 1 March 2003 15:57:13 +0000, shaheed wrote:
>
> Here is a list of corrections...I have omitted those that seem OK to me,
> apostrophes, proper names, some that seem to be hypenation-related, American
> vs. British differences and a few others.
>
> In the case of broken American spelling, I have provided American fixes
> (against my better judgement :-)). Enjoy...
>
> brain-damaged=dain-bramaged,dain bramaged

What's wrong with those? Yes, they don't exist in a dictionary, but
neither do a
c
o
rner or d-a-s-h-i-n-g or the famous
p z
y r a and i g g
m i d s u r a t s

I don't know where art starts and whether kernel documentation is a
decent place for it, but a second thought might be worth it. :)

btw: man fortune | grep redundancy -C2

Jörn, bringing the comedian back

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while fantasy embraces the whole world.
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