GNU bug report logs - #14804
Gnus spelling fix: unexist -> nonexistent

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 09:42:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 14804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 14804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14804: Gnus spelling fix: unexist -> nonexistent
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:00:48 +0200

On Sun, Jul 07 2013, Paul Eggert wrote:

>> it's probably "non-existent" or "unexisting".
>
> Those are both English words, but "unexisting" is rare nowadays
> (almost obsolete), and "unexist" itself is not English.

Searching the web, however, suggests that, e.g., "make it unexist" is
quite commonly used, even where the context otherwise indicates that
people care about language usage.

Wolfgang
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