[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] No such word as "compatable"

ap@deimos.caltech.edu (Alain Picard) (10/28/90)

I think the title says it all. The word is   COMPATIBLE.
And it can't be a typo, I and A are not even close on a
keyboard.  Please.


Sorry, I had to say that. I've seen that awful usage so much recently,
I'm afraid a large group of people believe it's an actual word.
Almost as bad as @#$#@$ airplane companies' usage of "at this time" (ugh!)
instead of the simple and beautiful "now".

							ap