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Re: [Bug-gcal] [patch] correct the spelling of Guy Fawkes


From: 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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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
>
> -- 
> http://www.fastmail.com - mmm... Fastmail...
>
>
> 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



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