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Channelling

/ˈtʃæn.əl.ɪŋ/ (British English; identical to Channeling in every measurable way)v. trans.Bureaucratic

Etymology

from Old Fr. chanel (canal) + British spelling conventions + the discovery that the codebase had already implemented Channeling and no one wanted to merge the branches

Definition

Functionally identical to Channeling, differing only in the presence of a doubled 'l' which, according to the original engineering ticket, 'adds gravitas.' The two verbs coexist in the spinner vocabulary in a state of uneasy truce and are considered by many to be the same word wearing a hat.

Diagram

  Channeling  vs  Channelling
  ──────────      ─────────────
  [CONDUIT  ]     [CONDUIT    ]
  [ROUTING  ]     [ROUTING    ]
  [OUTPUT   ]     [OUTPUT     ]
     ^identical^    (but posher)

Usage

"A statistically significant portion of UK-region users reported the model Channelling with a perceived 12% increase in formality, a finding we attribute entirely to the extra letter." - Patel & Morrison, 'Orthographic Drift and Perceived Model Competence', CHI 2025