User talk:Holdoffhunger

— billinghurst  sDrewth  01:21, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

spelling
Both suppress and supress are listed as headwords in the OED. Any changes should be made by comparison against the original text, not expectations by modern standards. Spelling changes over time, and varies by nation as well. --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:07, 18 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Where possible, I am checking the original text, and made the change as appropriate. Almost a third of my changes are "adding SIC tag" (to indicate the mispelling/typo).  Where there is no original source text directly available, I was making an educated guess (which was only a handful).  In some cases, the text (as the one by Russell) has been reprinted so many times, that to include the given typo (where it appears in none of his other works) seems extremely odd.


 * I agree with retaining originality in sources and am trying to do that. Did not mean to step any toes. (P.S. OED online lists "supressed" only as a "common misspelling of suppressed".) Holdoffhunger (talk) 03:15, 18 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Then the OED online has been "updated" since my hard copy, to reflect current usage. But as you know, many of our texts predate the first edition of the OED, and modern norms aren't always the best guide. --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:26, 18 June 2018 (UTC)


 * You are right. I have read more than a few court documents from the 1700's, spelling was quite loose then (and, indeed, I found "supressed" used, validly, in a quoted section of Wikipedia in that context when making this fix, but I had found it only once).  Will keep aware, thanks for mentioning. Holdoffhunger (talk) 13:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC)