OT: weary vs wary

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 31 May 2013 15:43:51 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 5/31/13 1:47 PM, David Gileadi wrote:
>> On 5/31/13 10:26 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> ... I'm a bit weary of ...
>>
>> I keep seeing people use this phrase; shouldn't it be "wary"?
>
> 500K hits:
>
> https://www.google.com/#safe=off&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22i%27ve+been+weary+of%22&oq=%22i%27ve+been+weary+of%22&gs_l=hp.3...1121.4371.0.4641.20.18.0.0.0.0.265.4023.0j1j17.18.0...0.0...1c.1.15.psy-ab.OCbo1VhH_1U&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47244034,d.bGE&fp=1c945b72c868c039&biw=1436&bih=813
>
> 4.33M hits:
>
> https://www.google.com/#safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22i%27ve+been+wary+of%22&oq=%22i%27ve+been+wary+of%22&gs_l=hp.3...5710.5710.1.5944.1.1.0.0.0.0.215.215.2-1.1.0...0.0...1c.1.15.psy-ab.q0Jhcs6ZPJ4&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47244034,d.bGE&fp=1c945b72c868c039&biw=1436&bih=813
>
> Guess you're right!

Actually, weary is not the correct term in this context at all, even if it  
doesn't win a google popularity contest ;)

http://grammarstars.blogspot.com/2007/11/wearyleerywary-query.html

-Steve