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Title: My spell check fails as a dictionary.
Post by: BlackBlade on September 14, 2013, 01:46:00 PM

So I've noticed once in awhile I'll be writing, and spell check will tell me I have a misspelled word, and offer corrections that are not the word I'm trying to write. I then have to open up a tab and look up the word in a dictionary just to make sure I'm spelling it right, only to be informed that yes, I have, but spell check is stupid.

Today's word was endeavour. To be fair my browser thinks it should always be spelled endeavor, but since this is the second time it has happened today, and I could not remember the earlier offense, I'm starting with this entry.

I would be interested in knowing if these words or future ones also come up as wrong when you try to type them in a text box. :)

*clicks the add to dictionary option*

Title: Re: My spell check fails as a dictionary.
Post by: Tante Shvester on September 15, 2013, 09:35:53 AM

There is a Yiddish phrase "schep naches", meaning, "derive joy [from]".  Spell check forever suggests that what I really mean to say is "schlep nachos", which means "tote a tasty, cheesy appetizer", which is not really the same thing at all.

Also, what's the deal with "analogue" and "catalogue" and "omelette"?  Are they all officially truncated to "analog", "catalog", and "omelet"?   When did that happen?

Title: Re: My spell check fails as a dictionary.
Post by: Porter on September 17, 2013, 06:47:47 AM

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Today's word was endeavour.

Go back home, you Brit!  We don't cotton to spellings like that over here.

Title: Re: My spell check fails as a dictionary.
Post by: BlackBlade on September 17, 2013, 07:39:47 AM

<grin>

I really wish I could recall the earlier example, it was a better one.