Index: jquery/test/unit/ajax.js
===================================================================
--- jquery/test/unit/ajax.js	(revision 6287)
+++ jquery/test/unit/ajax.js	(working copy)
@@ -424,6 +424,18 @@
 	});
 });
 
+test("jQuery.get/post - type arg is shifted if data is ommitted", function() {
+	expect(2);
+	var funcs = [jQuery.get, jQuery.post];
+	jQuery.each(funcs, function () {
+		stop();
+		this(url('data/json.php'), function(json) {
+			equals( typeof json, 'object', 'Check that type="json" was honored');
+			start();
+		}, 'json');
+	});
+});
+
 test("jQuery.getScript(String, Function) - with callback", function() {
 	expect(2);
 	stop();
Index: jquery/src/ajax.js
===================================================================
--- jquery/src/ajax.js	(revision 6287)
+++ jquery/src/ajax.js	(working copy)
@@ -97,10 +97,9 @@
 jQuery.extend({
   
 	get: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
-		// shift arguments if data argument was ommited
+		// shift arguments if data argument was omitted
 		if ( jQuery.isFunction( data ) ) {
-			callback = data;
-			data = null;
+			return jQuery.get( url, null, data, callback );
 		}
 
 		return jQuery.ajax({
@@ -121,9 +120,9 @@
 	},
 
 	post: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
+		// shift arguments if data argument was omitted
 		if ( jQuery.isFunction( data ) ) {
-			callback = data;
-			data = {};
+			return jQuery.post( url, {}, data, callback );
 		}
 
 		return jQuery.ajax({