Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > On 2006-01-08, Terry Hancock wrote: > >>BTW, one of the most common programming spelling errors is >>"deprecate" versus "depreciate" -- I wonder how many people >>actually realize that both words exist, but have entirely >>different meanings? > > > The words overlap in meaning. Both can mean to disparage or > belittle. > > Some dictionaries give 'depreciate' as a definition of 'deprecate'. > >
Well if someone told me my investments were deprecated I'd take that differently to them being depreciated. -- Robin Becker -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
