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patrickp wrote:
> Mmm, Chambers allows both, Qed, but the main entry is under "swap,"
> suggesting that that spelling may be preferred - YMMV. I certainly
> spelt it as "swap" when I was a kid (no, not the capriform kind...)
> long before computers were with us. Etymology suggests it's from
> Middle English "swappen" (which would support the "swap" spelling) or
> may be connected to "sweep" or "swoop," in which case all bets are
> off. ;-)
"Chambers" ... ???, not familiar ... whereto ?
"capriform" ... ??? " "
Qed.
patrickp wrote:
> Mmm, Chambers allows both, Qed, but the main entry is under "swap,"
> suggesting that that spelling may be preferred - YMMV. I certainly
> spelt it as "swap" when I was a kid (no, not the capriform kind...)
> long before computers were with us. Etymology suggests it's from
> Middle English "swappen" (which would support the "swap" spelling) or
> may be connected to "sweep" or "swoop," in which case all bets are
> off. ;-)
"Chambers" ... ???, not familiar ... whereto ?
"capriform" ... ??? " "
Qed.