On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 05:45:11PM -0500, Brian Callahan wrote: > > On 01/01/15 17:20, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 06:44:50AM -0600, Carson Chittom wrote: > >> This is minor, but when I received my "Reminder Service" email from > >> calendar(1) this morning, I noticed that there were a couple of typos. > > you say couple, but i take it you mean regarding this one entry? > > > >> The entry for 01/02 in src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.ushistory > >> has "brittish american". I would suggest "British-American" instead. > >> > > i agree we should capitalise both British and American. i agree also > > that british is more likely with one "t" than two. less persuaded about that > > hyphen though: > > But in this case the hyphen is correct. In this case, British and
large sigh. hope you hear it. > American are coequal modifiers to the word convoy. See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93United_States_relations > UK-US relations, British-American relations. We do the same for flights: > New York-London flight. > "British American convoy" would mean "a convoy composed of Americans > with a British ancestry" which I don't think is correct. The meaning that is one meaning. i think if you interpet it *only* that way you need to rethink your english lessons. are you saying that "british-american" is unequivocally one thing to all people, and without the hyphen it's another? > should likely be "a convoy composed of British and American soldiers" or > a "British-American convoy" > > ~Brian > as i said, bikeshed. i'm not adding a hyphen. jmc > > - in general i dislike the indiscriminate use of hyphens > > - in cases where it's bikeshed, i tend to vote that change is churn (and > > will be reverted by subsequent interlopers). if you can prove we have > > a majority of cases hyphenating in this way, i'd be willing to look at > > it though. > > - oxford syle, to which i am sympathetic, sayeth "do not hyphenate > > capitalized words" (e.g. New Orleans jazz). horror of the "z" in > > capitalised notwithstanding, i think that's about right > > > > so i'll aim for "British American convoy". but not today, since it's new > > year's day. > > > > happy new year, everyone! > > > > jmc
