| | :::@msh210: Having thought about this further, I don't think I agree with your rationale in arguing against "alternative spelling of ____". In general, I doubt that most people ever think of any spelling that they use as an "alternative spelling" of some other spelling for the same word. If we took the view that a spelling is only an "alternative spelling" if its users see it as such, then we could probably just dispense with {{temp|alternative spelling of}} altogether. It would get so little use. I suppose you're distinguishing between users of {{term||'til|lang=en}}, who see it as a shortening of {{term||until|lang=en}}, and users of {{term||till|lang=en}}, who see it as a word in its own right; but this is a rather tenuous distinction. I'd bet that most users of {{term||till|lang=en}} do see it as an informal variant of {{term||until|lang=en}}, but spell it {{term||till|lang=en}} for the same reason that most people spell {{term|perk||perquisite|lang=en}} and {{term|tummy||stomach|lang=en}} and {{term|Nick||Nicholas|lang=en}} and {{term|Mike||Michael|lang=en}} and {{term|Shelly||Michelle|lang=en}} in ways that don't match their associated more-formal variants. —[[User: Ruakh |Ruakh]]<sub ><small ><i >[[User talk: Ruakh |TALK]]</i ></small ></sub > 21:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC) | | :::@msh210: Having thought about this further, I don't think I agree with your rationale in arguing against "alternative spelling of ____". In general, I doubt that most people ever think of any spelling that they use as an "alternative spelling" of some other spelling for the same word. If we took the view that a spelling is only an "alternative spelling" if its users see it as such, then we could probably just dispense with {{temp|alternative spelling of}} altogether. It would get so little use. I suppose you're distinguishing between users of {{term||'til|lang=en}}, who see it as a shortening of {{term||until|lang=en}}, and users of {{term||till|lang=en}}, who see it as a word in its own right; but this is a rather tenuous distinction. I'd bet that most users of {{term||till|lang=en}} do see it as an informal variant of {{term||until|lang=en}}, but spell it {{term||till|lang=en}} for the same reason that most people spell {{term|perk||perquisite|lang=en}} and {{term|tummy||stomach|lang=en}} and {{term|Nick||Nicholas|lang=en}} and {{term|Mike||Michael|lang=en}} and {{term|Shelly||Michelle|lang=en}} in ways that don't match their associated more-formal variants. —[[User: Ruakh |Ruakh]]<sub ><small ><i >[[User talk: Ruakh |TALK]]</i ></small ></sub > 21:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC) |
