As designed Singular of smilies misspelled "smilie" instead of "smiley" in ACP Phrases

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rfc0001

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Affected version
2.0.1
Singular of "smilies" should be "smiley" not "smilie":
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley
https://www.bing.com/search?q=define+smiley
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+smiley
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/smiley
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/smiley
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smiley

Phrases with misspelled values:
  • add_smilie value "Smilie" should be "Smiley"
  • add_smilie_category value "Add smilie category" should be "Add smiley category"
  • edit_smilie value "Edit smilie" should be "Edit smiley"
  • edit_smilie_category value "Edit smilie category" should be "Edit smiley category"
 
This is actually deliberate. @Kier did some research into it and although people may argue that smiley is correct, we don't necessarily agree:
Just did a bit of research into smilie (XF) vs smiley (everyone else) and while ‘smiley’ has become the accepted spelling, it’s actually not orthographically correct - the ‘y’ or ‘ey’ suffix applies to adjectives, so ‘smiley’ actually describes what it’s doing, not what it is, whereas the ‘ie’ suffix applies to nouns - bird(ie) junk(ie) etc., so our ‘smilie’, treating ‘smile’ as an object is more correct
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Chris D said:
although people may argue that smiley is correct,
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Their argument would be that the word smiley is not actually noun, but a shortened version of the phrase smiley face, so is still an adjective, albeit divorced from its noun :(
 
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