Re: [PATCH] ext3: Fix typos in messages and comments (journalled ->journaled)

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu May 01 2008 - 05:56:03 EST


> > I think I'm going to follow this up with the professional bodies and see
> > if there is an opinion because either the computing world needs to agree
> > on a proper English name, or they need to agree on a new one and talk to
> > the dictionary people about it.
>
> If there's some kind of consensus, I don't have strong feelings either
> way.

BCS: "BCS use the OED as the final arbiter, without the zeds though...so
journalise is what we'd use if we absolutely had to."

I don't know if anyone has the right ACM contacts to find out what the
other big professional body thinks ?

Alan
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