Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-21 Thread Terry Reedy
"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Terry Reedy wrote: > >> My gripe for the day, just to let non-native writers know what not to >> imitate. > > are there any non-native languages where separate are spelled seperate? If you are asking whether there is

Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-21 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote: > Peter Otten wrote: >> Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote: >> the web: 4% python: 9% slashdot: 26% perl: 29% * >>> >>> How did you get these data points? >> >> I copied the numbers from these pages: >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=separate >> http://g

Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-21 Thread Peter Otten
Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote: >> the web: 4% >> python: 9% >> slashdot: 26% >> perl: 29% * > > How did you get these data points? I copied the numbers from these pages: http://www.google.com/search?q=separate http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/search?group=comp.lang.python&q=sepa

Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-21 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Peter Otten wrote: > Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote: > >>> the web: 4% >>> python: 9% >>> slashdot: 26% >>> perl: 29% * >> >> How did you get these data points? > > I copied the numbers from these pages: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=separate > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.pyth

Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-21 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Terry Reedy wrote: > My gripe for the day, just to let non-native writers know what not to imitate. are there any non-native languages where separate are spelled seperate? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-21 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
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 '

Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-20 Thread Peter Otten
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

Re: input record sepArator (not sepErator)

2004-12-20 Thread Terry Reedy
'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 fo