> Honestly we should pick a single reference and a single locale and
> standardize on that. That way when a bug like this comes in
> we check the
> reference, and say yeah or nay without 6-10 emails of
> discussion. Given
> this discussion and the earlier mis pelt (my spell checker objects
>
Perhaps we need to appoint a committee to research spellings and
spelling variants. Then we could foot note all words with variants for
clarity.
Honestly we should pick a single reference and a single locale and
standardize on that. That way when a bug like this comes in we check the
reference
Not a native speaker either, but in possesion of an Oxford Advanced
Learners Dictonary...
This states:
occur: take place; happen: Don't let this ~ again
... An idea has ~red to me. ...
Since it usally lists differences for GB/UK, and doesn't mention
it here,
'occurred'
is probably the only corr
--- Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "occured" does look like it is mispelt!
> Peter
>
+1, contrast "misspell." dictionary.com has both
"misspelled" and "misspelt", so we can credit it with
some degree of fairness:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=misspell
-Matt
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That Bug [1] is another mispelling-bug, so I´m carefully with that.
The dictionary [2] confirms Jesses opinion, but babelfish [3] uses also
"occured" while tranlating into German. So my question to the native
speakers here prior to apply this patch - are there different spe
"occured" does look like it is mispelt!
Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That Bug [1] is another mispelling-bug, so I´m carefully with that.
The dictionary [2] confirms Jesses opinion, but babelfish [3] uses also
"occured" while tranlating into German. So my question to the native
speakers here prior
