From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2007-03-08T15:54:10+09:00
Subject: Re: elseif v. elsif ??

Hi,

In message "Re: elseif v. elsif ??"
    on Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:00:36 +0900, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> writes:

|  elseif is more correct because "else" has an E in it!
|
|  elsif is more correct because it lends to correct pronunciation, while
|  elseif looks like it should be pronounced "ell-safe"!
|
|Both are silly, all things considered.  Both approaches are "incorrect"
|by the grammatical rules of English.

Correct or not, I chose 'elsif' as the shortest correct pronounceable
word for 'else if'.

							matz.