Spelling - Revision history

ChasonBot at 16:40, 21 December 2015

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2012-11-26T01:08:00Z

Replace "armor" with "armour" in the one place that should be done.

2012-11-26T01:03:55Z

Sanify references

2012-09-22T15:30:44Z

Text replace - "<ref>[ \ ]*\[(\[[Ss]ource:|\[)([a-zA-Z0-9_]*\.[ch])#([a-zA-Z_]*)\]\][ \ ]*<\/ref>" to "<ref>{{function|$2|$3}}</ref>"

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Text replace - "<ref> *\[\[([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]*\.c)#[Ll]ine([0-9][0-9]*)\]\] *<\/ref>" to "{{refsrc|$1|$2}}"

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 * [[mumak]] -> mumakil (from Elvish)
-The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil.
+The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil (djinn cannot be genocided).
 Interestingly, the game will attempt to pluralize correctly many words which do not normally appear in-game.  In vanilla NetHack, such words will only be seen as fruit names. The game even accounts for such odd choices of name as "lotus" or even "child."{{refsrc|objnam.c|1452}}

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 * [[mumak]] -> mumakil (from Elvish)
-The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil.  Interestingly, the game will attempt to pluralize correctly many words which do not normally appear in-game.  In vanilla NetHack, such words will only be seen as fruit names. The game even accounts for such odd choices of name as "lotus" or even "child."{{refsrc|objnam.c|1452}}
+The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil.
 ==References==

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 * [[mumak]] -> mumakil (from Elvish)
-The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil.  Interestingly, the game will attempt to pluralize correctly many words which do not normally appear in-game.  In vanilla NetHack, such words will only be seen as fruit names. The game even accounts for such odd choices of name as "lotus" or even "child."{{refsrc|objname.c|1452}}
+The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil.  Interestingly, the game will attempt to pluralize correctly many words which do not normally appear in-game.  In vanilla NetHack, such words will only be seen as fruit names. The game even accounts for such odd choices of name as "lotus" or even "child."{{refsrc|objnam.c|1452}}
 ==References==

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 * [[mumak]] -> mumakil (from Elvish)
-The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil.  Interestingly, the game will attempt to pluralize correctly many words which do not normally appear in-game.  In vanilla NetHack, such words will only be seen as fruit names. The game even accounts for such odd choices of name as "lotus" or even "child."<ref>{{refsrc|objname.c|1452}}</ref>
+The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil.  Interestingly, the game will attempt to pluralize correctly many words which do not normally appear in-game.  In vanilla NetHack, such words will only be seen as fruit names. The game even accounts for such odd choices of name as "lotus" or even "child."{{refsrc|objname.c|1452}}
 ==References==

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:19, 26 November 2012
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	* [[gunyoki]]		* [[gunyoki]]

		+	Many plurals are irregular. While most of these will be familiar to English speakers, there are a few which may not be:
		+
		+	* [[djinni]] -> djinn (from Arabic)
		+	* [[mumak]] -> mumakil (from Elvish)
		+
		+	The latter case might be relevant to those wishing to genocide mumakil. Interestingly, the game will attempt to pluralize correctly many words which do not normally appear in-game. In vanilla NetHack, such words will only be seen as fruit names. The game even accounts for such odd choices of name as "lotus" or even "child."<ref>{{refsrc\|objname.c\|1452}}</ref>
	==References==		==References==

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 * [[pick-axe]] / pick axe / pickaxe / pickax
 * [[silver saber]] / silver sabre
-* [[armor]] / armor
+* [[armor]] / armour
 * [[Croesus]] / Kroisos
 * [[T-shirt]] / tee-shirt

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-NetHack demands accurate '''spelling''' skills of its users most of the time, but occasionally it can be forgiving. For example, typing "''grey'' dragon scale mail" (like one would do in the UK) and "''gray'' dragon scale mail" (the US spelling) when prompted for a [[wish]] will yield the same item. There are several other items which will admit varied spellings<ref>{{function|objnam.c|struct_alt_spellings}}</ref>:
+NetHack demands accurate '''spelling''' skills of its users most of the time, but occasionally it can be forgiving. For example, typing "''grey'' dragon scale mail" (like one would do in the UK) and "''gray'' dragon scale mail" (the US spelling) when prompted for a [[wish]] will yield the same item. There are several other items which will admit varied spellings:{{reffunc|objnam.c|struct_alt_spellings}}
 * [[pick-axe]] / pick axe / pickaxe / pickax
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 * [[T-shirt]] / tee-shirt
-The plural of some entities of non-English or unusual origin is the same as the singular{{refsrc|objnam.c|1328}}:
+The plural of some entities of non-English or unusual origin is the same as the singular:{{refsrc|objnam.c|1328}}
 * [[Samurai]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:30, 22 September 2012
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−	NetHack demands accurate '''spelling''' skills of its users most of the time, but occasionally it can be forgiving. For example, typing "''grey'' dragon scale mail" (like one would do in the UK) and "''gray'' dragon scale mail" (the US spelling) when prompted for a [[wish]] will yield the same item. There are several other items which will admit varied spellings<ref>[[objnam.c#struct_alt_spellings]]</ref>:	+	NetHack demands accurate '''spelling''' skills of its users most of the time, but occasionally it can be forgiving. For example, typing "''grey'' dragon scale mail" (like one would do in the UK) and "''gray'' dragon scale mail" (the US spelling) when prompted for a [[wish]] will yield the same item. There are several other items which will admit varied spellings<ref>{{function\|objnam.c\|struct_alt_spellings}}</ref>:

	* [[pick-axe]] / pick axe / pickaxe / pickax		* [[pick-axe]] / pick axe / pickaxe / pickax