Terry Reedy wrote: > 'separate' (se-parate == take a-part) and its derivatives are perhaps the > most frequently misspelled English word on clp. Seems to be 'par' for the > course. It has 2 e's bracketing 2 a's. It derives from the Latin > 'parare', as does pare, so 'par' is the essential root of the word. > > My gripe for the day, just to let non-native writers know what not to > imitate.
I hereby suggest seperate/(separate+seperate) as the hamburger standard (see http://www.oanda.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.shtml) for technical communities. Some data points, adjectives only, s.e.e.o.: the web: 4% python: 9% slashdot: 26% perl: 29% * Now draw your conclusions... Peter (*) Do you really believe I would have posted that if the outcome were in favour of perl? No, definately not... lest you run out of gripes... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
