In this entry, you'll see a Scot newspaper article using "priviledge." http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Priviledge
Is "priviledge" "wrong" ? Who am I to say, if a Scot prefers that spelling, I'm fine with it. In retrospect, I was making a big assumption, and that is that people should use what I consider "plain" English. I do realize that in Canada where I reside that much of what I learned in the way of spelling is "incorrect," but I go by what I know. Nowadays I am content to make myself understood and to understand other people. We really shouldn't make this a high priority... it's kind of like http://openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#wwwnotstd. Anyone with even a passing interest in Scot culture knows that the Scots never cared very much for things Latin. They had their own distinct culture and didn't care to be bossed around by someone who wasn't elected as their Guletic. Let's chill out and get back to important things like using, promoting and improving OpenBSD. Daniel Villarreal On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:50:33 +0200 > ropers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Your first mistake was to try to refute Daniel's correction without > > consulting a dictionary. > > I did no such thing, as I stated I had done so over 6 onths earlier > when finding both in my pile of pdf published books. > > > You then proceeded to demand that OpenBSD maintainers make your > > preferred incorrect spelling their preference -- which apart from the > > incorrectness is presumptuous, because what the OpenBSD maintainers > > prefer is not for you to decide. > > I certainly didn't and wouldn't, I don't care that much and wouldn't if > I did, others demanded that both renditions of priviledge be changed to > privilege. I merely suggested leaving both was more functional and > stated my preference. > > As for grammar and english and though I went to a Grammar school, this > is a mailing list not a book or official documentation. I don't have > the time or inclination and care only for meaning and simply made a > good case for reality over academia. > > > Why that hit your nerve the same as fullscreen over widescreen without > actual logical argument, I have no idea. I guess you should reflect on > yourself especially for resorting to hostility. > > I wasn't digging a hole as my thoughts have never changed. I have been > hoping this thread would die for a while as it serves little use tot > he project, though the Latin translation was interesting.
