@ Alan: Of course I checked that before, and found
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/dyslectic telling me that there might be this (dyslexic?) variant in spelling. So for this specific topic it was sort of ideal to demonstrate the situation of the English language. In order to really be able to spell correctly you have to know some etymology, Latin and French, otherwise you get lost.
@ Trumpy: "generator" in Latin is the guy who by means of his "testes" generates a new generation. It does not tell you anything about AC or DC. In German the word "Alternator" is unknown. Latin "alternare" means "to change", to "switch forward and back" but not to generate in any form.
[This message has been edited by Wolfgang (edited 01-07-2007).]
