<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>If weigh is the verb and weight is the noun, then it seems that the word for</div><div dir="ltr">"one who/that weighs" would be "weigher" -- similar to writer and eater and</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889410" dir="ltr">thrower and many, many others.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889645" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">meg<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889291"><span></span></div><br> <blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889285" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889284" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889283" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889282" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889648" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Anne Gentle <annegentle@justwriteclick.com>; Matt Kassawara <mkassawara@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "openstack-docs@lists.openstack.org" <openstack-docs@lists.openstack.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 21, 2015 6:57 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OpenStack-docs] Question about which keyword should use?(weigher/weighter)<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437116378066_1889650" class="y_msg_container"><br>On 07/21/2015 03:38 PM, Anne Gentle wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Matt Kassawara <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mkassawara@gmail.com" href="mailto:mkassawara@gmail.com">mkassawara@gmail.com</a><br clear="none">> <mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mkassawara@gmail.com" href="mailto:mkassawara@gmail.com">mkassawara@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> We should call these "weight" or "weights" to agree with every other<br clear="none">> technical thing that uses this concept.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> It's the verb form that always gets crazy.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Verb: weigh<br clear="none">> Noun: weight<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Something that weighs: scale<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> See what I mean? There's no such thing as a weigher or weighter except<br clear="none">> in code and options in OpenStack.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I find both via google in dictonaries like:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weighter" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weighter</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigher" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigher</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">But that does not help me much either ;/<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Andreas<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Anne<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Atsushi SAKAI<br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sakaia@jp.fujitsu.com" href="mailto:sakaia@jp.fujitsu.com">sakaia@jp.fujitsu.com</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sakaia@jp.fujitsu.com" href="mailto:sakaia@jp.fujitsu.com">sakaia@jp.fujitsu.com</a>>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hello<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I am looking around following document and find same two<br clear="none">> keywords are used on the document.<br clear="none">> Which word (weigher/weighter) is correct for this case?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> for example<br clear="none">> GoodnessWeigher<br clear="none">> VolumeNumberWeigher scheduler_default_weighters<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> OpenStack Cloud Administrator Guide<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://docs.openstack.org/draft/admin-guide-cloud-rst/" target="_blank">http://docs.openstack.org/draft/admin-guide-cloud-rst/</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Thanks<br clear="none">> Atsushi SAKAI<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> OpenStack-docs mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" 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