It's shim, not shiv

Question

It's shim, not shiv

nateabele opened this issue 13 years ago · 7 comments

A shiv is a knife you make in prison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_(weapon)

Answer 1 · 2013-04-02T18:42:26.000Z

https://code.google.com/p/html5shim/
https://code.google.com/p/html5shiv/

shiv or shim?

Common question: what's the difference between the html5shim and the html5shiv? Answer: nothing, one has an m and one has a v - that's it.

Answer 2 · 2013-04-02T18:45:57.000Z

But... but... words mean things! @remy should know better. ;-)

Answer 3 · 2013-04-02T18:49:45.000Z

I love the irony of this self fulfilling prophecy of this dilemma too lol:

^^

Answer 4 · 2013-04-02T18:51:21.000Z

Heh, indeed. It sounds like someone was single-handedly responsible for perpetuating all this confusion on a large scale. :-P

Answer 5 · 2013-04-02T18:51:46.000Z

take it up with them lol

Answer 6 · 2013-04-02T18:52:20.000Z

Honestly though, IE can die for all I care, so perhaps in that context, a 'shiv' is applicable

Answer 7 · 2013-05-15T08:50:54.000Z

See remark about John Resig's typo: http://paulirish.com/2011/the-history-of-the-html5-shiv/