[infinispan-dev] OT: etymology Re: ISPN-232 - feedback needed

[Brian Stansberry]

On 05/24/2010 07:09 AM, Manik Surtani wrote:
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> On 24 May 2010, at 12:55, Mircea Markus wrote:
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>> On 24 May 2010, at 14:10, Manik Surtani wrote:
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>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> * Do you have an example usage?  I presume the entry point here is the KeyAffinityServiceFactory?  Perhaps some usage examples in the KeyAffinityServiceFactory javadoc would be best, both for now and in future to document the API.
>> added sample usage in KeyAffinityService together with some other aspects.
>>>
>>> * KeyAffinityService.getCollocatedKey() ->  KeyAffinityService.getColocatedKey() (typo)
>> The bundled IDEA speller (I'm not able to configure a locale for it) sees "collocated" as the right spelling. Also the "New English American Dictionary" on my mac book only recognises "collocated". Is this some of UK/US difference in spelling?
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> Hmm, actually both spellings are considered correct.  Ok, stick with Collocation then...
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocation_centre
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 From [1] and [2] it appears "collocated" has a much longer history and 
is derived from the latin "collocare", hence the seemingly unnatural 
double 'l'.  "Colocated" is much more recent and is constructed in a 
normal manner for an English neologism.

As neither is incorrect, Mircea wrote the API, and he is a speaker of a 
romance language, I say we honor his roots and double that l!

[1] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/collocated
[2] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colocated


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Brian Stansberry
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