Re: [OT] Is "Authentification" a Real Word?

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 04/26/02 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:32:47 GMT

In article <3CC9BD70.75AF43D3@sgi.com>, Casey Schaufler <casey@sgi.com> wrote:
>The word authentification is much like I18N, a shortcut.
>Perhaps it should be a contraction, authent'if'ication.
>Maybe not. Anyhow, it's cute and reasonably harmless
>insider jargon.

Except that it is obviously commonly confused with the term "authentication",
even by people documenting the field of authentication - Netscape, Microsoft,
UCL.

I18N isn't confused with anything else. Authentification is. It's cute, yes,
but it's clear that it's too confusing to be of use.

Alun.
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