[plug] KDE en_GB i18n question!

[John Knight]

That's what I was after. I was reading through some pommy mags today and 
they write "journalling", so it's in use. And it is officially pommy eng 
anyway........

> >
><snip>
> > >
> > >Therefore, in the circumstances, I suggest that someone go to a 
>bookshop
> > >(which is the most likely source of the most up to date version of the
> > >Concise Oxford Dictionary), and seek the word "journal(l)ing", to 
>verify
> > >that it has been formally accepted into the English language, 
>otherwise,
> > >to use the double "l" spelling of the word, on the basis that the 
>practice
> > >appears to be that where a single vowel is followed by an "l" at the 
>end
> > >of the word, so as to give the vowel a short vowel sound, the action of
> > >the vowel (such as in marshal-ling, is spelt using a double "l".
> > >
> > >"Be careful of for what you ask, for you may get it."
> > >
> > >--
> > >Bret Busby
> > >..............
> > >
> >
>
>Therefore:
>
>1. I believe that someone should visit a bookshop (as the most likely
>source of the latest available version of a Concise Oxford Dictionary), to
>check whether the word journal(l)ing has been formally accepted into the
>English language, and, if so, how the boffins say that it should be spelt.
>
>2. Failing that, I believe that the word should be spelt "journalling", as
>practice appears to indicate that a verb that ends with a combination of
>letters, that is comprised of a consonant followed by a vowel, followed by
>an "ell" character, so as to give the vowel a short sound, such as drill,
>fell, toll, etc, is converted to the action of the verb, by the suffixing
>of the letters "ling", such as drilling, felling, tolling, etc.
>..............................
>
>Is that okay?
>
>If you meant the last sentence in the message above, which is a quote, no,
>I cannot rephrase that, as it is a quote that is one of the principles of
>witchcraft and demonology, from memory, and I do not know how to word it
>otherwise, whilst preserving the meaning, and, in avoiding altering the
>sense of the quotation.
>
>--
>Bret Busby
>..............
>
>"So once you do know what the question actually is,
>  you'll know what the answer means."
>  - Deep Thought,
>    Chapter 28 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
>  - Douglas Adams, 1988
>.......................................
>
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