Re: Fix typos - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Fix typos
Date
Msg-id 838.1564712294@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Fix typos  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
Responses Re: Fix typos  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Re: Fix typos  (Sehrope Sarkuni <sehrope@jackdb.com>)
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Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 08:24:17AM -0400, Sehrope Sarkuni wrote:
>> Attached fixes some typos for "serialise" => "serialize" and "materialise"
>> => "materialize".

> These don't seem to be typos:
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/materialise
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serialise

It's British vs. American spelling.  For the most part, Postgres
follows American spelling, but there's the odd Briticism here and
there.  I'm not sure whether it's worth trying to standardize.
I think the most recent opinion on this was Munro's:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CA+hUKGJz-pdMgWXroiwvN-aeG4-AjdWj3gWdQKOSa8g65spdVw@mail.gmail.com

            regards, tom lane



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