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| From: | Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup | ||
| Date: | Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:18:23 | ||
| Message-Id: | 201107111618.16761.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup by Neil Bothwick |
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| 1 | On Monday 11 July 2011 10:10:41 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > From the OED: |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | > reoccur: occur again or habitually |
| 6 | |
| 7 | I don't regard myself bound by others' ability to find earlier examples of |
| 8 | the same mistake. We have 'occur', 'incur', 'concur' and 'recur'. It is |
| 9 | rarely a good idea to compound prefixes. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | > Although I agree that recur is I tidier word. I suspect it is a |
| 12 | > contraction of reoccur, making both acceptable. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | I doubt I shall ever accept 'reoccur', any more than I accept |
| 15 | 'transportation'. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | -- |
| 18 | Rgds |
| 19 | Peter |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup | "Sebastian Beßler" <sebastian@××××××××××××.de> |
| Re: [gentoo-user] [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |