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Old 11-09-2002, 07:15 PM
Legomancer Legomancer is offline
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IESpell thinks your name is...

In another thread, a helpful individual named Boscibo posted a link to IE Spell, a plug-in for IE that lets you spell-check. It's really nice. As I was thanking him for this link, IESpell suggest his name was "Busboy". So naturally, I'm curious.

Apparently my name is actually Legman's. What's yours? If you don't want to install the program, just ask and I'll tell you.
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Old 11-09-2002, 07:33 PM
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Spell-check knows The Truth.
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Old 11-09-2002, 08:06 PM
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You can do mine if you like, I really couldn't be bothered installing the program..
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Old 11-09-2002, 09:07 PM
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Mine, too. I know most MS spellcheckers get my last name right on the first try. (It is a real English word, after all.)

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Old 11-10-2002, 12:19 AM
Flamsterette_X Flamsterette_X is offline
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Do mine, too. Can't be bothered installing the program, either.

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Old 11-10-2002, 12:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Broken Doll
You can do mine if you like, I really couldn't be bothered installing the program.
10 to 1 the program gets this one right.
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Old 11-10-2002, 02:19 AM
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Ooooh, I wanna play, do me, do me!

Wait, damn... Oh hell. Another childhood utterance twisted by puberty.
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Old 11-10-2002, 04:37 AM
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The MS Word dictionary offers "hashish" as the correct spelling of my name.
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Old 11-10-2002, 10:44 AM
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Earthling - Correct as is.

Broken Doll - Correct as is.

MsRobyn - Just plain Ms.

Flamsterette_X - Flustered_X.

Skeezix - Xxxix? As in "39"?

xash - Cash.
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Old 11-10-2002, 11:18 AM
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Can I play?
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Old 11-10-2002, 11:19 AM
Moxmaiden Moxmaiden is offline
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Do me, do me. Please!


And then you can figure out what the program says about my name.






ooohhhh. my first flirting with a doper i have never met. wonder if "they" will notice. you know the "they" of whom i speak.
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Old 11-13-2002, 02:44 AM
Flamsterette_X Flamsterette_X is offline
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FDlustered_X, eh? Hmm. can't say I'm really all that flustered all the time.. only in certain situations.

F_X
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Old 11-13-2002, 02:46 AM
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Damn typos. Hmm. Does "Dustered_X" sound good to you? Not sure it does to me, because it makes me think of feather dusters, which brings back bad memories.. you know the drill.

F_X
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Old 11-13-2002, 08:00 AM
Legomancer Legomancer is offline
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c-carol - correct as is.

Moxmaiden - Maximilien. Isn't that misspelled as well?

This game is less fun than I thought it would be.
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Old 11-13-2002, 08:07 AM
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Moi aussi, s'il vous plait!
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Old 11-13-2002, 09:17 AM
Eats_Crayons Eats_Crayons is offline
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Mine would just be switched to "chairman", I'm sure. Possibly with a warning that "chairman" is gender specific and will suggest "chairperson" as an alternative?
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Old 11-13-2002, 10:01 AM
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Me too me too.

Try my former handle, too.
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Old 11-13-2002, 10:04 AM
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Word 2000 seems to think my real life last name is "Berserker." Very macho and cool sounding, at least...
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Old 11-13-2002, 10:26 AM
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Mine will probably be the same.
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