diff --git a/jquery.timeago.js b/jquery.timeago.js
index a983228..6e9c833 100644
--- a/jquery.timeago.js
+++ b/jquery.timeago.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         months: "%d months",
         year: "about a year",
         years: "%d years",
-        wordSep: " ",
+        wordSeparator: " ",
         numbers: []
       }
     },
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         years < 2 && substitute($l.year, 1) ||
         substitute($l.years, Math.floor(years));
 
-      return $.trim([prefix, words, suffix].join($l.wordSep));
+      return $.trim([prefix, words, suffix].join($l.wordSeparator));
     },
     parse: function(iso8601) {
       var s = $.trim(iso8601);
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index edf0a98..55207a7 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
       <li><abbr id="testYoungOldSettings1" class="toyoungold" title="504576000"></abbr> [5840 days]</li>
       <li><abbr id="testYoungOldSettings2" class="toyoungold" title="2018304000"></abbr> [23360 days]</li>
 
+      <li><abbr id="testNoSpaces1" class="nospaces" title="120"></abbr> [120 sec]</li>
+
       <li><abbr id="testLatinSettings1" class="tolatin" title="-7200"></abbr> [-120 min]</li>
       <li><abbr id="testLatinSettings2" class="tolatin" title="-60"></abbr> [-60 sec]</li>
       <li><abbr id="testLatinSettings3" class="tolatin" title="-30"></abbr> [-30 sec]</li>
@@ -230,6 +232,9 @@
       loadYoungOldYears();
       $("abbr.toyoungold").each(toWords);
 
+      loadNoSpaces();
+      $("abbr.nospaces").each(toWords);
+
       loadPigLatin();
       $("abbr.tolatin").each(toWords);
 
@@ -508,6 +513,10 @@
         ok($("#testNumbersSettings2").html().match(/^nine minutes/), "Settings correctly applied");
         ok($("#testNumbersSettings3").html().match(/^10 minutes/), "Settings correctly applied");
       });
+
+      test("wordSeparator", function () {
+        ok($("#testNoSpaces1").html().match(/^2minutesago$/), "Settings correctly applied");
+      });
     })(jQuery);
     //]]>
   </script>
diff --git a/test/test_helpers.js b/test/test_helpers.js
index 6a345e2..b8cf36a 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.js
+++ b/test/test_helpers.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ function loadPigLatin() {
     month: "about-hay a-hay onth-may",
     months: "%d onths-may",
     year: "about-hay a-hay ear-yay",
-    years: "%d years-yay"
+    years: "%d years-yay",
+    wordSeparator: " "
   };
 }
 
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ function loadRussian() {
       month: "месяц",
       months: function(value) { return numpf(value, "%d месяц", "%d месяца", "%d месяцев"); },
       year: "год",
-      years: function(value) { return numpf(value, "%d год", "%d года", "%d лет"); }
+      years: function(value) { return numpf(value, "%d год", "%d года", "%d лет"); },
+      wordSeparator: " "
     };
   })();
 }
@@ -95,6 +97,13 @@ function loadMillis() {
   };
 }
 
+function loadNoSpaces() {
+  jQuery.extend(jQuery.timeago.settings.strings, {
+    minutes: "%dminutes",
+    wordSeparator: ""
+  });
+}
+
 function loadYoungOldYears() {
   jQuery.extend(jQuery.timeago.settings.strings, {
     years: function(value) { return (value < 21) ? "%d young years" : "%d old years"; }