Re: [s-d] [s-b] Proposal: Attributes

[shadowfirebird@xxxxxxxxx]

Only in my head, apparently.  Apologies if I sounded all-knowing; you
were right.


On 11/23/06, Jimmy Kaplowitz <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 04:51:23PM +0000, shadowfirebird@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > As my high school programming teacher so thoroughly beat into my
> > > mind, it's "separate", not "seperate".
> >
> > Not in the UK.
>
> I just checed the Oxford English (not American) Dictionary, and it says
> that separate is the verb and that seperate was only current in the 16th
> through 18th centuries. Out of curiosity, where are you finding this
> variant spelling in current English?
>
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
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