Virginia Dare
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Thu Feb-01-07 12:42 PM
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The talking Barbie Doll on MSNBC said "Osama" instead of... |
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"Obama" again this morning. She started to say "Osama Bin", then corrected herself and said "er Obama", not "Senator Obama" and not "Barack Obama", just "Obama".
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Thu Feb-01-07 12:53 PM
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1. I just made essentially the same mistake... |
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I was writing to a co-worker and mentioned Obama. When the spell-checker ran, it flagged "Obama" as incorrect and the only suggested replacement was "Osama". I was a little too quick on the mouse and changed it. Fortunately I caught it before I hit send.
Disclaimer: Not defending the rightwing mouthpieces on the teevee in any way.
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Thu Feb-01-07 01:00 PM
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2. Spellcheckers have a 'learn' function, however... |
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...that allows you to add to their vocabulary. Be nice if rightwing mouthpieces had the same capability...
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Thu Feb-01-07 01:04 PM
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3. That's what you get from the MSM... |
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