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General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on February 24, 2004, 10:32:16 PM

Title: Spell Check
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on February 24, 2004, 10:32:16 PM

heh, you can overload spell check in MS Office. Basically it admits you're too crappy a speller and it can't show you all the errors anymore.

I found this out not because I'm a crappy speller, but because I was using it to review some IM logs. Apparently, it doesn't like "SaintEhlers" or "AIMKije" as words, or the other abbreviations or misspells from hasty chat.

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: EUOL on February 24, 2004, 10:40:35 PM

Heh.  Every time I try and spellcheck one of my books--you know, one of the 300,000 word beasts I write--MS Word nearly blows a fuse.

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on February 24, 2004, 11:37:45 PM

*meaningless plug about the dire need for editors*

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: EUOL on February 24, 2004, 11:47:22 PM

Heh.  I'm sure my editor has fun with some of the errors he runs across.  

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: Brenna on February 25, 2004, 01:19:51 AM

One of my favorite errors was one that the person's spell check didn't catch--instead of having traditional peasant garb, the person was described as wearing "traditional pheasant garb."  

A very easy mistake, and also very amusing. :)

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on February 25, 2004, 07:25:15 AM

what other kind of pheasant garb is there?

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on February 25, 2004, 11:04:55 AM

punk rock pheasant garb?

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on February 25, 2004, 01:06:41 PM

actually, that was the first type of non-traditional pheasant garb I thought of. Weird, huh?

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: Onion of Death on February 25, 2004, 03:56:38 PM

Hmmmm...

Pheasants running around with too many piercings and Sex Pistols T-Shirts sold to them for $25 at Hot Topic... I could see it happening.

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on February 25, 2004, 07:36:51 PM

I was thinking more along the lines of "phunk rock pheasant garb."

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: Maxwell on March 25, 2004, 10:53:07 PM

you know what would be really cool... if alphabet soup had a spell check...that would be awesome unless of course it always arranged itself into highly offensive profanity's, then it might be band in places, and i would laugh.. oh how i would laugh....

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: Sig on March 30, 2004, 04:31:50 PM

I've noticed you laughing at things other people deem "stupid".

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: Sminja on March 30, 2004, 05:04:41 PM

Sig, save presonal stuff for IM...

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on March 30, 2004, 05:06:44 PM

Rants also does not mean "heap personal abuse on people for no reason."

Get some Zoloft, eh?

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: GorgonlaVacaTremendo on March 30, 2004, 06:23:56 PM

Or Ridolin...  It'll stunt your growth but we will all be happy!

Title: Re: Spell Check
Post by: Maxwell on March 30, 2004, 07:32:07 PM

I tried ritalin once, but in the end concerta was the only pill for me, and it doesnt stunt your growth and it lasts much longer, besides sig just like to make fun of me for totally unfounded reasons, but i usually win