Re: PROBLEM: english language

Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:04:35 -0600 (CST)


On 16 Feb 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > > - { 0xb900, "Play operation oborted (sic)" },
> > > + { 0xb900, "Play operation aborted (sic)" },
>
> Most likely, the (sic) comes from the error message being misspelled
> in the spec. In other words, either it should be corrected and the
> (sic) removed, or it should be left the way it was. This patch is
> broken.

I think what we have here is an ironic double typo. The message is
actually indicating the drive is not feeling very good:

+ { 0xb900, "Play operation aborted (sick)" },

Hopefully this very important change will make it into 2.2.2.

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