input record sepArator (not sepErator)

Reinhold Birkenfeld reinhold-birkenfeld-nospam at wolke7.net
Tue Dec 21 12:38:23 EST 2004


Peter Otten wrote:
> 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% *

How did you get these data points?

Reinhold

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