A group of German university professors, angered by the US-British war against Iraq, have launched a campaign to replace many popular English-language words used in Germany with French terms.

Saying they are appalled by the way the United States and Britain defied the will of the United Nations and attacked Iraq, the four professors declared war on borrowed English terms in German such as “okay”, “T-shirt” and “party”. Sydney Morning Herald

And, while we’re on the topic of words (how’s that for a segue?), this is from Waxy [via Looka!]: Armed with a list of spelling errors and my old friend Google, I decided to see if I could find the most commonly misspelled word on the Web. If you can do better, leave a comment.