Thurlow wrote:
It generally provides much amusement to
see what the spell checker -- both in Word and Mozilla Thunderbird
(e-mail) -- will suggest as alternatives.
I used to find the results of spell checking people's names hilarious, but I
think I've got most people in my dictionary now so
I type a lot of Latin/Greek orchid names - that can be really funny. And a
lot of orchid breeding (and naming) is being done in Taiwan - Chinese nams
really make it crazy!!!
Linda, the String-a-holic in Oregon where we had 94F yesterday - never needs
to get above 72 as far as I'm
On Jul 10, 2008, at 3:24, Jean Nathan wrote:
I used to find the results of spell checking people's names hilarious,
I used to find the results gratifying :) Years ago, one of the Arachnes
told me that, when she tried to write Duvall, the suggested
alternative came as ducal. And so, I became
I used to have to go through the dictionaries on all the stand-alone
computers in my classroom and remove all the wrong spelling the pupils had
added - they were convinced their spelling was correct.
Spellings such as:
bungolow
seperate
accomodate
millenium
Febuary
Jean in Poole, Dorset,
LOL
My childrens favourites
whith
ridicilus
acsesible
and then they frequently use the wrong hear, here,
Sue in EY
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All,
I simply *must* throw a comment in on this one!
I have a tendency to use archaic words from time to time, as well as
obscure words and terminology. It generally provides much amusement to
see what the spell checker -- both in Word and Mozilla Thunderbird
(e-mail) -- will suggest as
