GNU bug report logs - #1476
23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> f2s.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 1476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "'Lawrence Mitchell'" <wence <at> gmx.li>
Subject: bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:13:00 +0800

Drew Adams wrote:
> English has no equivalent of l'Academie Francaise, and that includes the OED.
>   

I'd sooner believe the OED's opinion on spelling than Drew Adams's.
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