Richard Hipp wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:33 PM, James K. Lowden <jklow...@schemamania.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 07:40:43 -0400
>> Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:
>>
>> > >
>> > > PS: backward compatibility, no s, no?
>> > >
>> >
>> > A google search shows that you see it both ways - with and without the
>> > "s".  I've always used the "s".
>>
>> http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/vocabulary/backward-backwards.htm
>>
>> Two countries divided by a common tongue.
>>
>>
> Except, I speak Southern English, not British English. And I can promise
> you that we southerners prefer to add the "s" to the end of "backwards".
> I'm not sure PerfectYourEnglish necessarily has all their facts straight.

Agreed.  I speak North-Eastern English, and "backwards compatibility"
sounds right to me.  One shouldn't necessarily believe everything one
reads on the internet (or, as it used to be, "in books").

-- 
Will

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