[issue18938] Prepend Is Not A Word
Graham Wideman
report at bugs.python.org
Thu Sep 5 23:38:37 CEST 2013
Graham Wideman added the comment:
"Prepend" appears in every online dictionary I consulted. For a dictionary to list it and give the usual meaning for it, pretty much demonstrates "prepend" functioning as a real word. That and its 1.3 million hits on google.
"Prepend" certainly has a commonly understood meaning, particularly in computing.
To the extent that "prepend" has became popular as the appropriate-sounding opposite of "append", that is exactly why it _should_ be used in this context... where one might well need to discuss adding strings before or after, and be clear about the distinction.
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