So I'm doing something for work that requires dealing with HTTP referers. Given that I can't spell, I had to go look up which was the correct spelling.
Apparently, referrer is the right spelling, just in not when we are talking about HTTP. I quote wikipedia:
"Referer is a common misspelling of the word referrer. It is so common, in fact, that it made it into the official specification of HTTP – the communication protocol of the World Wide Web – and has therefore become the standard industry spelling when discussing HTTP referers."
Also, if you do a google search on referer and referrer, you get about the same # of hits - ~20 million.
How wonderful, right?
I feel dorky.
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