Re: (mis)spelling humor
Gary That also reminded me of another one that occurred at the last company "Hugh Gibson" became "Huge Gibbon" - absolutely true, and Hugh was NOT amused! John Allen - Original Message - From: garymcintu...@aol.com To: john.al...@era.co.uk ; peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com ; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 5:03 PM Subject: Re: (mis)spelling humor Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to Huge Bagel. Gary
Re: (mis)spelling humor
Another one: At my last company, the email addresses were Surname.christian name@ XXX.co.uk Mine was Allen.john@, but someone mistyped "Allen" as "Alien" - so you can guess what the resulting address looked like!! John ALLEN!! - Original Message - From: garymcintu...@aol.com To: john.al...@era.co.uk ; peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com ; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 5:03 PM Subject: Re: (mis)spelling humor Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to Huge Bagel. Gary
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My s/c thinks "Saddam Hussein" is "Adams Hissing." Hmm. Cortland This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
RE: (mis)spelling humor
I am ambidextrous. Sadly the halves of my brain operate asynchronously and so it is not uncommon for my signature line to turn into, "Anal". Folks that know me think that this is s funny. Frankly, I don't get it Regards, Alan (check it, check it) Brewster Senior Systems Safety Engineer From: Joshua Wiseman [mailto:jwise...@printronix.com] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:12 AM To: Scott Baer; garymcintu...@aol.com Cc: john.al...@era.co.uk; peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: (mis)spelling humor Mine has changed Genicom to Genocide From: Scott Baer [mailto:ba...@agcs.com] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:17 AM To: garymcintu...@aol.com Cc: john.al...@era.co.uk; peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: (mis)spelling humor Gary, My spellchecker persists in wanting to change "Verizon" to "Venison". Now back to our regular program . . . ;) -- Scott J. Baer, P.E. Product Compliance Engineer AG Communication Systems A Subsidiary of Lucent Technologies garymcintu...@aol.com wrote: Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to Huge Bagel. Gary
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I have Word 2000 here at work, and it suggests maw, jaw, jaws, maws, and jowl. I have Word 97 at home. Maybe it will come up with something more interesting. John Woodgate To Sent by: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org owner-emc-pstc@ma cc jordomo.ieee.org Subject Re: (mis)spelling humor 06/20/03 09:44 AM Please respond to John Woodgate I read in !emc-pstc that garymcintu...@aol.com wrote (in <1e9.b587fca.2 c248...@aol.com>) about '(mis)spelling humor' on Fri, 20 Jun 2003: >Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty >and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I >sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to >Huge Bagel. > Gary I won't tell you what Word97 spelling checker suggests for the initials of my firm - JMWA. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
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Office 98 Word for the Mac takes a dim view of Mr. Woodgate's wits. > From: John Woodgate > Reply-To: John Woodgate > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:44:13 +0100 > To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Subject: Re: (mis)spelling humor > > > I read in !emc-pstc that garymcintu...@aol.com wrote (in <1e9.b587fca.2 > c248...@aol.com>) about '(mis)spelling humor' on Fri, 20 Jun 2003: >> Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty >> and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I >> sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to >> Huge Bagel. >> Gary > > I won't tell you what Word97 spelling checker suggests for the initials > of my firm - JMWA. > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk > Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to > http://www.isce.org.uk > PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! > > --- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
RE: (mis)spelling humor
Mine has changed Genicom to Genocide From: Scott Baer [mailto:ba...@agcs.com] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:17 AM To: garymcintu...@aol.com Cc: john.al...@era.co.uk; peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: (mis)spelling humor Gary, My spellchecker persists in wanting to change "Verizon" to "Venison". Now back to our regular program . . . ;) -- Scott J. Baer, P.E. Product Compliance Engineer AG Communication Systems A Subsidiary of Lucent Technologies garymcintu...@aol.com wrote: Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to Huge Bagel. Gary
Re: (mis)spelling humor
I read in !emc-pstc that garymcintu...@aol.com wrote (in <1e9.b587fca.2 c248...@aol.com>) about '(mis)spelling humor' on Fri, 20 Jun 2003: >Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty >and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I >sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to >Huge Bagel. > Gary I won't tell you what Word97 spelling checker suggests for the initials of my firm - JMWA. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
Re: (mis)spelling humor
Gary, My spellchecker persists in wanting to change "Verizon" to "Venison". Now back to our regular program . . . ;) -- Scott J. Baer, P.E. Product Compliance Engineer AG Communication Systems A Subsidiary of Lucent Technologies garymcintu...@aol.com wrote: Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to Huge Bagel. Gary
Re: (mis)spelling humor
Once let spell check do its thing while having my brain on empty and not paying to much attention to what it was suggesting. So I sent a company wide memo that changed a name from Hugh Hagel to Huge Bagel. Gary
RE: (mis)spelling humor
Peter Whilst at College, I knew a guy called Adrain - generally known as "Drain" due to his capacity for beer!! From: Peter L. Tarver [mailto:peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com] Sent: 19 June 2003 16:03 To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: OT: (mis)spelling humor > From: John Woodgate > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:25 AM > > Pommerenke, David wrote > in about 'ESD gun verification' > on Wed, 7 May 2003: > > >Brain, > > Spelling! This morning, while going through some of the list e-mails I've had to skip over, I spotted the above and was reminded of a telephone message received at a former employer. With all due apologies to the caller (an intelligent person), the message was from: Brain Speck. * Copyright ERA Technology Ltd. 2003. (www.era.co.uk). All rights reserved. The information supplied in this Commercial Communication should be treated in confidence. No liability whatsoever is accepted for any loss or damage suffered as a result of accessing this message or any attachments. _ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
