Re: Theo wins FSF award

[Stephen Marley <stephen_(_dot_)_marley_(_at_)_catwoman_(_dot_)_cl-is_(_dot_)_com>]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 05:57:09PM -0700, Peter Valchev wrote:
> > >"Theo's leadership of OpenBSD, his selfless commitment to Free Software
> > >and his advancement of network security, were sighted by this years
> > >award committee."
> > >
> > >*cringe*
> > >
> > >Can't they even spell "cited" correctly?  Wow.  I guess not.
> > 
> > The word they mispelled was "slighted", if it is true that his OpenBSD
> > and network security work were overlooked.
> 
> Wow, both of you guys don't know about dictionaries?  The original word
> is correct.
> 

Nope, it's "cited". As in to commend meritoriously or formally honour.
It's from the latin "citare" meaning to call on or summons. (All from
dictionary.com)

The correct use of "sighted" would be: "Theo was sighted in a Dublin pub
wiping his arse with a gnu patterned patchwork quilt". :-)

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