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| When spell-checking software runs amok |
| 2008-06-03 |
 A computer spell-checker run amok christened several Pennsylvania high school students with new — and in some cases unflattering — last names.Middletown Area High School's yearbook listed Max Zupanovic as "Max Supernova," Kathy Carbaugh as "Kathy Airbag" and Alessandra Ippolito as "Alexandria Impolite," just to name a few. "It was kind of funny, but kind of rude at the same time," Ippolito Some parents and students wrote letters of complaint to Governor Ed |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 We apologize for the incontinence. (Happened to me. Never take the first suggestion the spell checker suggests.) |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-03 22:17 |
| #3 Hehe, well lessirree, IIRC FREEREPUBLIC [1990's Net] Poster > HOW THE USA KEEPS HAVING AN UPWARDLY STRONG ECONOMY + WINNING ITS WARS WITH ITS POOR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION. versus: FARK.com Poster 2008 > STD RATES IN AMERICA ARE HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE - USA, USA, USA! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-03 22:17 |
| #2 Better yet check out Taylor Mali "The the total impotence of proofreading." Best line - "The red penis your friend" http://youtube.com/watch?v=FjhOBiSk8Gg |
| Posted by: Shavith Darling of the Heathen Rus1164 2008-06-03 21:10 |
| #1 You may have seen this before: Ode to My Spell Checker (author unknown) Eye have a spelling checker, it came with my pea sea It plainly marks four my revue miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a quay and type a word and weight for it to say Weather eye yam wrong oar write, it shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid it nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite its rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I'm shore your pleased to no Its letter perfect awl the way, my checker told me sew. |
| Posted by: GK 2008-06-03 19:58 |