| Author | Message | ||
| Jane Roken
Intermediate Member Username: magpie Post Number: 320 Registered: 03-2007 |
The blessings of the automatic spell checker We all have it, in one form or other, the spelling checker, the “wordy thing”. And we all use it, more or less, according to need, taste or temper. But how often do we stop to consider exactly what it does for us? I came across a very thought-challenging description of just that. It’s too funny to keep to myself; I’d like to show it to y’all. It is a poem called ‘Candidate for a Pullet Surprise’ - from the profoundly hilarious ‘Journal of Irreproducible Results’. Here’s where: http://www.jir.com/pullet.html Having read this, spell checking as we know it will never be the same. Jane | ||
| Laura Ring
Intermediate Member Username: laura Post Number: 369 Registered: 05-2007 |
Jane, this is hilarious! It reminds me of my friend who wrote an email to the school principal telling her she had picked up some supplies for the school festival very cheaply from a warehouse. She misspelled it as "wherehouse" and the spellchecker gave her a suggestion, which she took and sent the message off. The principal was shocked to hear my friend had been visiting a whorehouse. Oops! Best, Laura | ||
| LJ Cohen
Moderator Username: ljc Post Number: 7633 Registered: 07-2002 |
 Thanks for posting this, Jane. Loved it.  best, ljc Once in a Blue Muse Blog LJCohen | ||
| David Callin
New member Username: david_shay_mish Post Number: 32 Registered: 07-2007 |
Jane, I like to just go where the spell-checker takes me sometimes. Recently I discovered that I have for years been working, without realising it, with a Mrs. Nausea Madwoman. And the spell-checker spoke the truth. David |
