On 2006-01-08, Robin Becker wrote: > 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.
That's why I said "overlap", not that they are the same. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, author | <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> Shell Scripting Recipes: | My code in this post, if any, A Problem-Solution Approach | is released under the 2005, Apress | GNU General Public Licence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
