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

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 14804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14804: Gnus spelling fix: unexist -> nonexistent
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:54:03 +0200

This conversation is bringing back fond memories of my changing colour
to color and behaviour to behavior, and Stefan's deadpan comment
(archived in DEVEL.HUMOR)

" [...] As is well known, people who speak American English tend to be
more resource-conscious and try to avoid wasting precious bits
transferring those redundant "u"s. Think of the number of occurrences
of "color" and "behavior" in the Emacs tarball, multiply that by the
number of times it'll be downloaded, stored on hard disks, archived,
...that's a substantial saving."
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