Harry Reid's people need to double-check that spellcheck

[Blue_In_AK]

From an e-mail I just received from Senator Reid:

The newest version will:

Reign in costs even further

Maybe they just have the concept of "reigning over us" on their minds.

[EFerrari]

1. Costs reign! Classic freudian slip.

[Fumesucker]

2. Spellcheck wouldn't catch that..

Rein and reign are both legitimate English words.

Although as you point out, the slip is awfully Freudian.

Edited for speling, ironically enough..

[Blue_In_AK]

3. No, I understand that spellcheck wouldn't have caught it,

just that sometimes spellcheck isn't really your friend. I do see this as very Freudian.

[enlightenment]

4. Hell - half the folks on this forum will argue that it is

correct usage - using some convoluted 'controlling the excesses of the king' reasoning that is mind-boggling in its idiocy. I have never and will never claim any level of perfection with language, but this particular misuse of heterogryphs is galling.

I expect a defender will show up in this thread before too much time passes.

At least with Reid et al it is possible to argue the Freudian implications . . .


edited for vague attempt at clarity.