[PATCH] jffs2: Correct language use

Trent Piepho xyzzy at speakeasy.org
Fri May 2 15:51:54 EDT 2008


On Fri, 2 May 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
> The verb form of journal is "to journalise" not "to journal". Verified
> with the OED and querying the British Computer Society. The s/z is
> debatable but as the US prefers the s and the BCS prefers the s (and
> Dwmw2 is in Cambridge which favours 's' over the Oxford 'z' ;)) we'll use
> the s form.

Google hits:
journalising filesystem	641
journalizing filesystem	2,090
journaling filesystem	104,000
journalling filesystem	63,600



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