std.stream.Stream.writeable

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Janice Caron" <caron800 at googlemail.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.60.1195068267.2338.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> On 11/14/07, Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote:
>> Both are ok, actually.
>>
>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/writeable
>
> Oh! <embarrassed>
>
> Well, they're not in England. I also checked in Merriam-Webster before
> posting, just to see how the Americans spelt it. It would appear that
> different American dictionaries say different things. Hey ho.

It's interesting to see this change.  I'm in the -e- insertion camp, I never 
knew the e was dropped in these -able compounds.  I also think 'writable' 
looks like it'd be pronounced 'RIT-able' since the e went away, which might 
by what's driving this change.

SPELLING IS FUN