On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 03:17:32PM -0600, inode0 wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > > > Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had > > not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and > > had a look at the spins.fedoraproject.org page. It started off by saying > > "What is a spin? Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored > > ...". > > > > For God's sake, people!!! That's "alternative versions"!!! Alternate > > means "every other" or "every second". Alternative means "available as > > another possibility". Saying "alternate" when you mean "alternative" is > > sloppy, lazy thinking and irritates and confuses the reader. > > > > Why can't computer geeks learn to write English correctly? > > In American usage this is acceptable and common. But if it bothers you > that much why didn't you just correct it on the wiki in a fraction of > the time it took you to rant about it here?
Actually, this is on the spins.fp.o site which isn't a wiki. But regardless, a query of https://www.google.com/search?q=alternate using en_US locations shows this is acceptable usage. We also tend to misspell with vigor here. ;-) Move along, nothing to see here... -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
