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		By: David Kirk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kirk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://twentythirdfloor.co.za/2012/12/11/swap-vs-swop/comment-page-1/#comment-20775&quot;&gt;Researcher&lt;/a&gt;.

They might be acceptable from a formal language perspective, but it is simply not used in the context of financial instruments.
For example, a google search for &quot;swap site:ft.com&quot; gives 20,600 results. &quot;swop site:ft.com&quot; provides 50 results, many of which appear to be using &quot;swop&quot; in the non financial sense.
&quot;swap site:bloomberg.com&quot; provides 44,700 hits compared to 48 with the alternative spelling.
A google trends comparison of the usage in total (not even restricted to financial terms) shows &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=swap,%20swop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this fairly categorical perspective.&lt;/a&gt;
The UK Telegraph&#039;s style guide prefers swap over swop.
Finally, and most fundamentally, the ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) uses &quot;swap&quot; exclusively.
So at some point it just becomes silly to use a word that nobody else uses. The use of &quot;swop&quot; rather than &quot;swap&quot; to reflect financial instruments simply shows up the distance from the actual instruments.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://twentythirdfloor.co.za/2012/12/11/swap-vs-swop/comment-page-1/#comment-20775">Researcher</a>.</p>
<p>They might be acceptable from a formal language perspective, but it is simply not used in the context of financial instruments.<br />
For example, a google search for &#8220;swap site:ft.com&#8221; gives 20,600 results. &#8220;swop site:ft.com&#8221; provides 50 results, many of which appear to be using &#8220;swop&#8221; in the non financial sense.<br />
&#8220;swap site:bloomberg.com&#8221; provides 44,700 hits compared to 48 with the alternative spelling.<br />
A google trends comparison of the usage in total (not even restricted to financial terms) shows <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=swap,%20swop" rel="nofollow">this fairly categorical perspective.</a><br />
The UK Telegraph&#8217;s style guide prefers swap over swop.<br />
Finally, and most fundamentally, the ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) uses &#8220;swap&#8221; exclusively.<br />
So at some point it just becomes silly to use a word that nobody else uses. The use of &#8220;swop&#8221; rather than &#8220;swap&#8221; to reflect financial instruments simply shows up the distance from the actual instruments.</p>
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		<link>https://twentythirdfloor.co.za/2012/12/11/swap-vs-swop/comment-page-1/#comment-20775</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Researcher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nope, both are acceptable - check a good dictionary...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope, both are acceptable &#8211; check a good dictionary&#8230;</p>
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