Goathead
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:41 PM
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Ever use Google as a spell checker? |
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Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 03:42 PM by Goathead
Only to find out, there are a million morons out there that spell worst than you do?
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:43 PM
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1. heck yeah, all the time n/t |
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:43 PM
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I will on some obscure words and then I'll get 50 or so results for thr word spelled wrong but good ole google :
Did you mean.....
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:47 PM
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3. How would you know if you can't spell? |
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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You even sometimes learn interesting things that way.
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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6. This works much better |
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 PM
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But if I'm doing a search anyway and have to spell something I usually try it on Google first.
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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7. I use word all the time as a spell checker for emailing |
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Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM by motely36
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:51 PM
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8. I use Netscape - It has it's own spell check. |
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:51 PM
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9. Here's a neat little trick. Try typing in the word you want checked |
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Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 PM by Lone_Star_Dem
then type dictionary and hit enter. See what happens. :)
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 PM
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11. I remember once I typed in some words related to web browsers ... |
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but typed too fast and misspelled it as 'web brower' -- I couldn't believe how many web pages had that misspelling of browser in them.
I just went and ran it, and I noticed it's not quite as bad as it was a few years back, most of the 'Brower' listings are for people with that name, now. Still, if you lock the words "web brower" together and search on it, you'll find that misspelling often enough, even on some university web sites.
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:59 PM
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12. I just did a search for "Liberty Ship" |
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...and accidentally misspelled it "librty" and was amazed at what came up.
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