Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'

Hmph, I don't know.  Googling "overrideable" suggests "Did you mean
overridable?" which is enough clue for me.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Junio C Hamano[off-list ref] wrote:

Hmph, I don't know.  Googling "overrideable" suggests "Did you mean
overridable?" which is enough clue for me.

Using a similar system, the Google hit count:

overrideable: 26,900
overridable: 339,000
overridden: 2,280,000

Which agrees with my intuition that you can get away with overridable,
but it's much more common to just use overridden.

"override" of course comes from "ride" (181,000,000).  A horse can be
ridden (10,500,000) if it's ridable (82,500).

The bad news: rideable (201,000).

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridable shows rideable as
the preferred spelling, but accepts both.

Have fun,

Avery

Hi,

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Avery Pennarun wrote:

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Junio C Hamano[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Hmph, I don't know.  Googling "overrideable" suggests "Did you mean
overridable?" which is enough clue for me.

Using a similar system, the Google hit count:

overrideable: 26,900
overridable: 339,000
overridden: 2,280,000

But of course, "overidable" means "able to be overridden", not 
"overridden".

Which agrees with my intuition that you can get away with overridable,
but it's much more common to just use overridden.

"override" of course comes from "ride" (181,000,000).  A horse can be
ridden (10,500,000) if it's ridable (82,500).

The bad news: rideable (201,000).

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridable shows rideable as
the preferred spelling, but accepts both.

Actually, I do not trust the bda speling of the many internet content 
providers as much as Merriam Webster, so of all your analysis, I find this 
the most important finding.

Ciao,
Dscho