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Subject:RE: OT - humorous Word spelling suggestion From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> To:<TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:58:05 -0500
I've encountered some interesting suggested corrections like that -- one
of which, to my horror, got into a draft that went out for technical
review and editing. It was in the phrase, "Any modifications you make
to this screen are also made to ... " wherein I misspelled
"modifications" and apparently picked the wrong word from the suggestion
list. What I ended up with was, "Any medications you make to this
screen are also made to ... " It came back from tech. Review with "Take
two aspirins and call me in the morning." written in the margin.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Hower [mailto:hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: OT - humorous Word spelling suggestion
So, over the weekend I was writing something in which I mentioned
moccasins. I mistyped it as "mochasins." Word's spell check caught it
and suggested "mocha sins" along with the correct spelling. Is Microsoft
suggesting that drinking chocolate flavored coffee is a breach of
Biblical etiquette? :-) Inquiring minds want to know.
