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bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable


From: Juanma Barranquero
Subject: bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:06:18 +0100

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 16:03, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> But Emacs has standardized on American spelling. American usage generally 
> drops
> a final "e" when adding suffix "able".

If that is your argument (and I'm OK with it, BTW), you should have
said so, and not pass one of the alternatives as less correct, or
uncommon, or obsolete.

    Juanma







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