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[On It]

While trying to post here, I often have words "corrected" by spell check. I have to make repeated attempts to get the word I want to stay in my post.

Examples: Neiman's becomes Newman's

                  Poofed becomes pooped; poofing became pooping.

Do you have any funny substitution stories?

[ECBG]

When I use the spell check provided, I get a list of possible words. 

Brand names, however, are a traditional source of trouble for spell check.

[Melzie]

This didn't happen here but happened to my hair dresser and our mutual friend.  They were supposed to meet for dinner at 6:00.  So Jackie sends a text to Debbie that said, "Hi Deb, are we all set for 6 tonight?"  Instead spell check changed it to read, " Hi Dad, are we all set for sex tonight."  We still laugh about it! 

[IamMrsG]

Many years ago, while I was typing a document for a local church, "United Methodist Women" was 'corrected' to Untied Methodist Women.  Some of 'em thought it was funny, others, though, not so much.  

[PA Mom-mom]

@On It  When I was teaching English, our department made it a practice to offer a poem like this to our students:

Eye halve a spelling chequer,
It came with my pea sea,
It plainly marks for my revue
Miss Steaks I kin knot sea.

Eye strike a quay and type a word,
And weight four it two say,
Weather aye am wrong oar write,
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid,
It nose bee for two long,
And I can put the error rite.
Its rarely ever wrong.

Aye have run this poem threw it
Iamb shore yore pleased too no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh.
My chequer tolled me sew.

[On It]

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@PA Mom-mom wrote:

@On It  When I was teaching English, our department made it a practice to offer a poem like this to our students:

Eye halve a spelling chequer,
It came with my pea sea,
It plainly marks for my revue
Miss Steaks I kin knot sea.

Eye strike a quay and type a word,
And weight four it two say,
Weather aye am wrong oar write,
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid,
It nose bee for two long,
And I can put the error rite.
Its rarely ever wrong.

Aye have run this poem threw it
Iamb shore yore pleased too no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh.
My chequer tolled me sew.

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Absolutely love it! What a clever way to get students' attention! Some of my posts have come dangerously close it this.

[Shanus]

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@On It wrote:

While trying to post here, I often have words "corrected" by spell check. I have to make repeated attempts to get the word I want to stay in my post.

Examples: Neiman's becomes Newman's

                  Poofed becomes pooped; poofing became pooping.

Do you have any funny substitution stories?

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@On It   Many times, spell check looks fishy to me and I double check the spelling of the word on Google....still mistakes made. When technology works, it's wonderful, when not...a nightmare...similar to what goes on with this site.