- From: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:18:08 +0000
- To: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- CC: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>, "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
[Tab Atkins Jr.:] On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com> wrote: > Well, fwiw, I don't think it's clear English at all. I've never seen > this word spelled this way, every spell-checker I have on hand flags > it and I've never heard anyone say it that way either. It can't be > clear if it's going to look like a distracting typo to everyone but the editor. And I suspect it will... >Dictionaries vary. "axises" is recognized in at least a few, and a quick google search finds many people (speaking normal English) >using the word as I do. They do vary, and since many consider it to be invalid - including Chrome's, on Windows at least -, this indicates it is not settled and may confuse many. As for Google, it appears 'axes' is orders of magnitude more common than 'axises' (tens of millions vs. ~200K). I don't see the point of using terminology or spelling that is more likely to be confusing than alternatives. These are standard specs; taking 'moral' stands on alternative spelling is imo a non-goal.
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