Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium
by dmos62 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:45PM
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Merriam-Webster is a popular a publisher of American-English dictionaries: emphasis on American. It also had a significant role in shaping American-English as distinct from British-English. E.g. removal of the letter u in British-English words like colour. Or, the unsuccessful campaign to spell the word acre as aker.
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Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium
by kick on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @07:28PM
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That's false. Webster is the dictionary that had a role in shaping American English in a distinct fashion. The quality of the work deteriorated when the Merriam brothers purchased it, and they changed the title from Webster's by the time they had begun compromising the value of English reform.
Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium
by dmos62 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @07:01AM
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You're right. I thought it was Webster that acquired Meriams' company.
Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium
by toyg on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @06:58PM
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Oxford has astroturfing too: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/325483?rskey=aidQ7O&result=2&...
Shilling does have a NorthAmerican connotation: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/178128?rskey=UvAWn2&result=4#...