[Cpoll]

> P.S.

I expect this is a joke, but even if this were true, I don't think it'd be a valid 'validation of the point.'

Incidentally, "candidate" is not a subset of "date." It's from Latin candidatus, "white-robed." Date is ultimately from Latin datus/dare, "to give."

[AndreyErmakov]

It's not that much of a joke, more of a curiosity, if you choose to look at both words from a certain angle. I realize that their etymology might be different, but in the end of the day their spelling has become close and the concepts they denote have also developed certain commonalities.