[PATCH] A few tiny changes to user-manual.txt
Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
cristian.ionescu-idbohrn at axis.com
Mon Mar 4 14:19:32 PST 2013
On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn at axis.com> writes:
> > On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, chrislewis915 at gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >> My first ever patch on anything so please be gently if its all horibly
> >> wrong!
> >
> > Good job.
> >
> >> If this works, I will try to get more involved in documentation reviews
> >> where i have time.
> >
> > And good catch on this funny one:
> >
> > - - Volume: Liter
> > + - Volume: Litre
> >
> > A quick git blame says:
> >
> > 1a83bf43 (Linus Torvalds 2012-01-01 15:12:28 -0800 680) - Volume: Liter
> >
> > I won't dig further :)
>
> Why would you? Liter is the correct spelling.
Is it? Won't argue. English is not my mother tongue, but...
> http://grammarist.com/spelling/liter-litre/
"Liter" and "Litter" could be easily confused. "Litre", on the other
side, is (french) international ;) Never mind, I'm fine with both. I
just found that funny.
Cheers,
--
Cristian
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