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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:19 PM
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I stumped the spell checker.
Edited on Sat Apr-09-05 06:20 PM by Goathead
Got a -No Suggestion- from the spell checker. I interpret that as "Fuck if I know what you're talking about!"
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Torgo Johnson Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:29 PM
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1. What was the word?
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:32 PM
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3. Trotskyists n/t
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:30 PM
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2. Did you know that
if you make enough spelling "errors" the screen will start flashing and then everything you wrote will underline?

I interpret that as the computer saying to me :wtf: do I look like a miracle worker?

I've managed to do that twice. Once when writing a paper on the 19th dynasty in Egypt, another time when writing a paper on the trial of Fatty Arbuckle. In my defense you try typing the names of some of those pharaohs and witnesses and see if your computer doesn't start doing strange things.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:32 PM
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4. That's so cool. I aspire to screen flashing.
Edited on Sat Apr-09-05 06:32 PM by sfexpat2000
So far I've been content to flabbergast my Scrabble game with new words like "flooncing" and "loonary". :)
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:33 PM
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5. HOMOPHOBE isn't a word according to spell-checker
WTF?
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:35 PM
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7. spell check has a limited vocabulary
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:45 PM
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9. it needs to be tailored for DU!
:D
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:37 PM
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8. "Whitehouse" always comes up as "Whitehorse"
Edited on Sat Apr-09-05 06:38 PM by Goathead
So the Yukon is in and Washington D.C is out? This is pretty funny, but when ever I use "Wolfowitz" the spell checker always asks me if I mean "Halfwits". Hilarious!
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 07:10 PM
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10. Neither are "Cheney", or "fundies".
Edited on Sat Apr-09-05 07:11 PM by LostInAnomie
They are used on here a million times a day but still not in the spell check.
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 06:34 PM
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6. I do that all the time
that should tell you something about how badly I spell.
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