Re: Documentation typos

#1 (**permalink**) 04-18-2008, 12:58 AM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-patches-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto

gsql-patches-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
> Andrew Dunstan
> Sent: 13 October 2005 14:56
> To: Michael Fuhr
> Cc: pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Documentation typos
>
>
> You seem to have lots of time on your hands if you can worry
> about this.
> How you spend it is your business, of course, but playing
> spelling cop
> doesn't seem worth it to me.
>
> Is there an official spelling standard for PostgreSQL? If so,
> where is
> it stated? If we are going to adopt one I'd vote for the OED
> :-) I am so
> unconscious of it that it will be impossible for me to undo
> the habits
> of a lifetime, and I suspect I am not alone, so this would be a never
> ending battle.

I'm inclined to agree, but then maybe that's because I'm about 8 miles
from Oxford right now, and spent years at school being told off for
spelling things in American.

Regards, Dave.

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