frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales) (12/18/87)
In article <1034@maynard.BSW.COM> campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) writes: >In article <3622@hoptoad.uucp> sunny@hoptoad.UUCP (Sunny Kirsten) writes: ><>My dictionary shows that superCedes and superSedes are aliases for ><>each other. > >You should get a new dictionary. There is no `c' in supersede. Is it significant that the only dictionary I own which *does* accept both spellings is American (Websters)? All my others are English, and only list 'supersede'. ><> Since this is typical of english, it will be typical ><>of those who speak english. In acknowledgment of actual usage, ><>the software ought to accept BOTH spellings. If this is likely to be done, could the software *please* accept "Organisation:" too? Huh? People? >If you mean it's typical that English speakers don't know how to spell >their own language, yes, this is true, but it is also unfortunate and >not be encouraged. (Apology to British readers -- I suspect most of the >violence to English is done by Americans.) If poor spelling were the only problem, I'd live with it; it's poor English generally that annoys me. Frank Wales, Company Speller, [frank@zen.uucp<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank] Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x220
chapman@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Brent Chapman) (01/02/88)
In article <796@zen.UUCP> frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales) writes: >If this is likely to be done, could the software *please* accept >"Organisation:" too? Huh? People? I don't think the News software looks at "Organization:", so you can spell it however you like. There are a certain set of header fields that the software is interested (including "Supersedes:" or "Supercedes:"; now I've forgotten which one is right..); all the rest (including "Organization:") are simply ignored and passed along. -Brent -- Brent Chapman Capital Market Technology, Inc. Senior Programmer/Analyst 1995 University Ave., Suite 390 {lll-tis,ucbvax!cogsci}!capmkt!brent Berkeley, CA 94704 capmkt!brent@{lll-tis.arpa,cogsci.berkeley.edu} Phone: 415/540-6400
jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) (01/04/88)
In article <796@zen.UUCP> frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales) writes: >>If this is likely to be done, could the software *please* accept >>"Organisation:" too? Huh? People? In article <6430@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> chapman@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Brent Chapman) writes: >I don't think the News software looks at "Organization:", so you can >spell it however you like. There are a certain set of header fields >that the software is interested (including "Supersedes:" or "Supercedes:"; >now I've forgotten which one is right..); all the rest (including >"Organization:") are simply ignored and passed along. Not quite. With "inews -h", if there is an "Organisation:" header an "Organization:" header will be added as well. This is how rn (through Pnews) invokes inews. And rn will call the "Organisation" header an unknown header, so if you've asked rn not to show unknown headers it won't be displayed. Because of the way "known headers" are handled in the code, though (the part after the colon is saved away in a structure and then there's a printf to put "Organization:" on the display), it wouldn't be difficult to have the user interface display and accept British spellings while the actual articles still contain the American versions. -- - Joe Buck {uunet,ucbvax,sun,decwrl,<smart-site>}!epimass.epi.com!jbuck Old internet mailers: jbuck%epimass.epi.com@uunet.uu.net Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them. -- Richard Bach