Bug#523601: spelling: inofficial vs. unofficial

2009-04-11 Thread Michael Prokop
Package: lintian Version: 2.2.9 Severity: minor I'm wondering about: /usr/share/lintian/lib/Spelling.pm: inofficial unofficial Querying some well known online dictionaries: | inofficial; nonofficial; unofficial --

Bug#523601: spelling: inofficial vs. unofficial

2009-04-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Michael Prokop m...@grml.org writes: What's the reason for the inofficial vs. unofficial check inside lintian? inofficial looks wrong to me as a native English speaker. I've only seen that form of the word used by people who are not native speakers. It is listed in the OED with some history

Bug#523601: spelling: inofficial vs. unofficial

2009-04-11 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 09:04 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Michael Prokop m...@grml.org writes: What's the reason for the inofficial vs. unofficial check inside lintian? inofficial looks wrong to me as a native English speaker. I've only seen that form of the word used by people who are