OT: weary vs wary

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

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:

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4.33M hits:

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Guess you're right!

> Not meaning to pick on you, Andrei; it's just that this time was the
> tipping point for the editor in me to kick in :)

On the contrary I love being corrected.


Andrei