Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Wordplay and fun Ode to the Spell Checker Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Ode to the Spell Checker #16942 01/25/2001 3:47 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 17 gladstone,delta county,michiga... spelchkr stranger spelchkr stranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 17 gladstone,delta county,michiga... I'm new here so you may have already seen this. i believe credit for this goes to an individual (i'm not at liberty to say whom) with microsoft corp Ode to the Spell Checker Eye have a spelling chequer. It came with my pea sea. It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait aweigh. 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 am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ode to the Spell Checker #16943 01/25/2001 4:08 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Enjoyed the owed. I used to have one that offered alternatives that were sometimes risible. Can't remember any samples, regrettably.(First sentence passed the checker) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ode to the Spell Checker #16944 01/26/2001 2:08 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 87 City of Brotherly Love, no not... nikeblack journeyman nikeblack journeyman Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 87 City of Brotherly Love, no not... Run "chads" through a spell-checker and about 2 or 3 down in the list is "chaos." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ode to the Spell Checker #16945 01/26/2001 2:14 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Fellow poster wow beat you to it, spelchkr. Must be an E-mail making the rounds. (Welcome aBoard, by the way, and lest anyone hit you with the home-grown acronym YART, allow me to translate: Yet Another Rehashed Topic) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk