Re: Spelling

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Tim Bunce <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 09:52:52PM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:51:26 -0400, John Scoles <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Summary:
> >
> >  ☑  unicode     => Unicode
> >  ☐  DBDs        <= DBD's
> >  ☐  DSNs        <= DSN's
> >  ☑  unlikey     => unlikely
> >  ☑  abreviated  => abbreviated
> >  ☐  NULLs       <= NULL's
>
> Yes to all (assuming the arrow direction indicates the intended change).
> Thanks!
>
> > Things I also noted:
> >
> >     # 'thru' => (Thur thrum Thu thou)
> >  isn't it "through" in English?
>
> My Mac OS X dictionary says:
>
>    thru
>    preposition, adverb, & adjective
>    informal spelling of through
>
> I like it.
>
>
Cogreve, Boucicault Shaw, Wilde, Becket, Freil, Behan, Swift, Sterne,
Stoker, Moore, Joyce and O'Faolain are all rolling over in their graves
after hearing that Tim. Shame!!
:(
 [In case anyone's using OS X and doesn't know about this: try tapping

the d key while holding down the control and command keys.
> Keep the control and command keys help down afterwards.
> Then, as you move the cursor about you'll see a little dictionary window
> appear over any words you hover over. Very handy. Works in almost all OS
> X applications including Terminal and Safari.]
>
> >     # 'piggback' => (piggyback piggybacks piggyback's piggybacked)
> >  piggyback?
>
> piggyback.
>
> >     # 'scaleable' => (scale able scale-able scalable saleable salable
> callable)
>
> I prefer scaleable over scalable, but not by much.
>
> > I fixed "a subtile difference" to "a subtle difference". Unless sub-tile
> > has some weird meaning, that looked soooo weird.
>
> subtle is right.
>
> > I have no idea how to change "ommiting" in:
> >   'You can put every SQL-statement you like in simply ommiting
> >    "sql => ...", but the more important thing is to restrict the
> >    connection so that only allowed queries are possible.'
>
> I don't know what that's saying either.
>
> > WTF does 'Pern' mean in:
> >
> >   But you'll note that there is only one call to
> >   DBD::_::db::selectrow_arrayref but another 99 to
> >   DBD::mysql::db::selectrow_arrayref. Currently the first
> >   call Pern't record the true location. That may change.
>
> s/Pern't/doesn't/ - I think.
>
> > lib/DBD/Multiplex has different/wrong line endings :(
>
> Currently DBD::Multiplex isn't part of the distribution.
> Feel free to hack.
>
> > I have committed fixes to all the obvious errors.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tim.
>
> p.s. Parts of the DBI docs that are unchanged since version 1.14 were
> copy-edited by O'Reilly for the DBI book.
>

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