why spellcheckers suck
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| Author | Content |
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| tuxchick Mar 17, 2007 12:25 PM EDT |
"role", not "roll." It could be a typo, but I'm seeing it so often I think it's part of the New Spelling. Rule #1 of New Spelling: if it sounds right, it is. |
| tracyanne Mar 18, 2007 1:42 AM EDT |
quote:: Rule #1 of New Spelling: if it sounds right, it is. ::quote Hence the use of "z" instead of "s" as in serialise. |
| dinotrac Mar 18, 2007 1:56 AM EDT |
>Hence the use of "z" instead of "s" as in serialise. Nah. That's just fixing what the Brits couldn't get right. |
| uknewbie Mar 18, 2007 4:05 AM EDT |
I remember a bit of a poem I once saw stuck to the wall of an English classroom Eye have a spelling chequer It came with my pea see.... |
| jimf Mar 18, 2007 4:21 AM EDT |
I know that this is TC's favorite rant, but, there will always be people using a hammer as a screw driver. It's not the fault of the tool. |
| tracyanne Mar 18, 2007 4:54 AM EDT |
quote:: people using a hammer as a screw driver. ::quote When all you is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. |
| jimf Mar 18, 2007 5:18 AM EDT |
> When all you is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. It's up to the user to do that. If he can't.... Ouch! There goes that thumb ;-). |
| Bob_Robertson Mar 18, 2007 8:22 AM EDT |
Using computers to solve a problem is much like using the right wrench to pound in the right screw. |
| jimf Mar 18, 2007 8:37 AM EDT |
> Using computers to solve a problem is much like using the right wrench to pound in the right screw. Lol, more like using the right wrench to pound in the left screw, but, that's only when you're gardening with the computer.... Hey, ask Dave, he'll tell you :D |
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