Re: [PATCH] gitk: Update and fix Makefile (spelling fix)

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Am Samstag, 12. Januar 2008 00:36 schrieb Paul Mackerras:
> > Christian Stimming (2):
> >       gitk: Fix typo in user message.
>
> I was going to ignore this one since "descendent" is actually a valid
> alternate spelling, and is the one I am used to.  However, I don't
> have a strong feeling about it.

In the dictionaries I consulted before proposing this patch, "descendant" was 
the *only* valid spelling. I checked http://dict.leo.org/?search=descendent , 
(on paper) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (1998 edition). Now when 
looking up http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/descendent your original spelling is 
also mentioned as a variant, but as the other dictionaries didn't have it, I 
assumed this should rather be changed.

Christian
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