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Re: [Bug-gcal] [patch] correct the spelling of Guy Fawkes
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Giuseppe Scrivano |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gcal] [patch] correct the spelling of Guy Fawkes |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:06:08 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) |
Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> In the file data/calendars/calendar.histo Guy Fawkes' Day is spelled
> correctly (with a trailing apostrophe). Do that also elsewhere, but
> when printing it out, use the modern spelling without an apostrophe
> instead (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night).
>
> Benno
>
> --
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>
>
> From aca9d9c59fad64839fe97afb26aa1924099a95b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 13:52:20 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Spell the name of Guy Fawkes correctly -- Fawkes, not Fawke.
>
> The fully correct form of Guy Fawkes' Day is with a trailing apostrophe
> (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ukgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2)
> but modern writing drops it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night).
> ---
> data/dates/world | 2 +-
> src/hd-data.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
thanks, going to push it in a while.
Giuseppe