[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] typo in site documentation

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 05:30:06PM -0400, Gary Corcoran wrote:
> Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:56:03PM -0400, Gary Corcoran wrote:
> >> Alexander Strange wrote:
> >>> On Jun 18, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
> >>>> I dont thinl Alexander meant "First off" too was correct.
> >>> Looks okay to me.
> >>>
> >>>>> --- src/bugreports	(revision 84)
> >>>>> +++ src/bugreports	(working copy)
> >>>>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  <p>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -First off, please remember that all the developer working on FFmpeg are
> >>>>> +First off, please remember that all the developers working on FFmpeg are
> >> The original change was correct: "First off," should be "First of all,".
> > 
> > AFAIK both are correct English usage with slightly different meanings.
> > "First of all" I would think has a connotation of "most importantly",
> > while "first off" sounds more like "before talking about anything else".
> 
> Not really.  Your English is normally superb, but I think it's a little
> off here.

Thanks.  I still always like to improve it.

> "First off" is really just slang, not proper English, which
> I interpret as just a slang version of "first of all", with the same
> meaning of "before we talk about anything else"...
> (I'm American, in case you're wondering)

I believe you are right and I've fixed the website.

Diego