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I've replaced a word with more formal equivalent.

@fantasai fantasai merged commit 5a2a437 into w3c:master Oct 17, 2017
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(Fine with it being merged, but that wasn't a typo - I spell the word that way intentionally. English spelling is terrible broken in some places.)

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frivoal commented Oct 18, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4Ps55Rx40&feature=youtu.be&t=65

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@tabatkins I'm sorry, didn't know that. I thought it'd be a good idea to use either of those forms consistently.

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We also have “cough”, not “coff”. “Tough”, not “tuff”. “Rough”, not “ruff”. “Enough”, not “enuff”. “Thorough”, not “thurrow”. “Borough” spelled differently than “burrow”. “Bureau”, not “byurrow”. “Align”, not “uhlline”. And countless other words with non-phonetic confusing spellings.

Our specs should stick to English spelling as it is, not as we wish it was.

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Spelling drifts with usage. ^_^ Like I said, I'm fine with it being merged, but I'm gonna keep using it myself.

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fantasai commented Jan 1, 2018

@racse1 As the other co-editor, I agree with @bradkemper and appreciate the fix.

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