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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Don't Trust Spellcheck: Sorry to Rain on Your Parade...

I receive an e-mail this afternoon. The correspondent makes a polite request, then ends with this line:

Thank you for your time and I am sorry for the incontinence.

Oh my. And I thought that puddle was snow melting.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/17/2009 4:38 PM

    This is hilarious. Thanks for my laugh for the day!

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  2. Anonymous2/17/2009 4:42 PM

    I'll use this on an editor sometime.

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  3. Anonymous2/17/2009 7:58 PM

    Not only can you have problems with usage, but with pronunciation. We had a pastor from North Dakota who had a little bit of an accent and had trouble with his "ou" pronunciations. When he gave the benediction the first 2 or 3 times, it sounded like "May the Lord lift up his continence upon you, and grant you peace."

    He soon changed it to "May the Lord look upon you with favor.....

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  4. Anonymous2/18/2009 6:20 PM

    "abotu Tablet PCs as well."
    Maybe Blogger should have a better spell check....just got to give you a little jab!

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  5. caheidelberger2/19/2009 5:15 AM

    Blogger.com has great spellcheck; I just never use it! ;-) Thanks for the proofreading, Anon: correction made!

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