On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 11:40:11PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote: > 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. >
...famous last words. i've been mailing brian in private since this and he has pretty much proven me wrong: there is a section in oxford's style guide which recommends an en dash (or "rule", specifically) to "express the meaning of *to* or *and* between words of equal importance" in the context we're talking about. so carson;s original request, to hyphenate "British-American" seems correct. however i've no intention of changing the instance unless i'm handed a diff for all our calendar files making this type of change. i'd consider that. sorry for the mix up - my fault. jmc
