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Subject:Re: Handbood for poof readers: The Final Chapter From:Tracy Boyington <trlyboyi -at- GENESIS -dot- ODVTE -dot- STATE -dot- OK -dot- US> Date:Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:32:49 +0000
> What on earth is a Russian unit of weight (approx 36 pounds) doing in an
> English spellchecker that can't recognize a simple four-letter word like
> 'poof'. Any kid who's ever read the illustrated edition of Cinderella
> knows what 'poof' means! It's the sound the pumpkin makes when the fairy
> godmother waves her wand and turns the veggie into a fancy coach surrounded
> by a cloud of stardust. Geeesh!
Hey, Kat, you think that's bad -- the spellchecker that comes with
the web authoring software HotDot Pro does not recognize the word
"internet."
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington trlyboyi -at- genesis -dot- odvte -dot- state -dot- ok -dot- us
Technical Communication Specialist
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma
I never express opinions, but if one slips out, it belongs
to me and not ODVTE.
"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out
with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."
-- Steve Martin
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