# Fun With Spell-Check **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563 "2007-05-10T16:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/1 "2007-05-10T16:37:58Z")
Typo Knig emailed me the other day about MS Word wishing to change “baselining” with “Vaselining”. Kinky. Names can also be entertaining. Word once suggested that a colleague was “kaput” and another was a “swindler” (or was it “seedier”?). Both of them being fairly decent fellows, I turned down Word’s advice and left their names unchanged. Missed errors can also be fun. There was the time a colleague of mine nearly sent out a client deliverable which referenced “Pubic Housing”. :eek: :smack: Add yours. If name-based, include the name if you don’t think it’ll lead to embarassment (both of the names I referenced above are unusual enough that I wanted to omit them). ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/2 "2007-05-10T19:43:04Z")
My username merely becomes “Shoeshine.” ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/3 "2007-05-10T19:50:19Z")
Once saw a supervisor send a mass email out asking for Shit Coverage after someone called off from work. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/4 "2007-05-10T21:55:09Z")
Following my Doper name, these are typos rather than humoruous correction attempts. One time I typed “SIC Coed” instead of [SIC Code](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIC_code). I knew a sick coed once, but I got even with her - I married her. 😃 At the last second I fixed an email about to go to the client so the word “program” was NOT spelled “prograsm”. :eek: I guess a prograsm is a program you really, really enjoy running. But as it gets older you have to wait longer between runs if you want it to start … Another time I mis-typed “computer” as “cumputer”. That must be a computer dedicated to pr0n. See also, 99% of the internet. :rolleyes: Also fixed before it went to the client! (Where’s a “whew!” smiley now that I need one?) In a report to the client I had “complete din” instead of “completed in”. Went right past the spelling checker. Things weren’t **that** noisy. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/5 "2007-05-10T22:01:26Z")
[QUOTE=Typo Knig] “cumputer” [/QUOTE] Now I know what word to use when referring to any PC with one of those keyboard protector overlays. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/6 "2007-05-10T22:30:09Z")
One of the funnier things about the spellcheck for Firefox is that ‘Firefox’ isn’t included in its dictionary. (Nor is ‘spellcheck’.) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/7 "2007-05-10T22:38:42Z")
I went to grad school in Hanover, NH. Spell check always tried to correct it as “Hangover”. Now, the place isn’t New Orleans but Animal House was based on a Dartmouth frat and written by former students. I think spellcheck was trying to crack an AI joke if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/8 "2007-05-10T22:44:51Z")
Every time I type “shit” my spellcheck wants to make it “Shiite”. I love that! In fact, I find myself sometimes saying things like “I can’t stand that Shiite” and then having a little chuckle. Without revealing my full name, spellcheck always wants to make my middle & last name “Latrine Grabber” ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/9 "2007-05-10T22:49:54Z")
Lessee: “Mama Zappa” = “Mama Zapper”. Boh-ring. “Typo Knig” = “Typo King”. Boh-ring squared “Xanthous” = “Xanthium(s)” - what on _earth_ is that? “Tengu” = things like Tango, tinge, tongue, tang, tonga, “Catsix” = catsup (or if you must, “cat six”) “KneadtoKnow” has stumped MS Word 😕 “Shagnasty” = “Shag nasty”. How unoriginal 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/10 "2007-05-10T23:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] “KneadtoKnow” has stumped MS Word 😕 [/QUOTE] I may make that my new sig! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/11 "2007-05-10T23:34:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] Typo Knig emailed me the other day about MS Word wishing to change “baselining” with “Vaselining”. Kinky. [/QUOTE] Vaselining does improve network speed and performance, thereby increasing end-user satisfaction levels. At least at the physical layer. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/12 "2007-05-10T23:41:27Z")
I had to ban spell check for one of the people I did editing and proofing for because he would just accept whatever was recommended. Many times I had to go over and ask him what he was trying to say because after spell check it was no longer comprehensible. Since he was also dyslexic, the word choice was sometimes not even close to what was supposed to be there. Thankfully, he has moved on to become someone else’s problem. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/13 "2007-05-10T23:46:40Z")
Not a typo, not a spell check error… but really funny. My sister received an email from a colleague asking if she could send again to another colleague an email he had sent her. She replied: “I resent your email.” He wrote back all apologetic about offending her and meant no harm etc etc. ??? Was my sister’s thought- such confusion! What had she said to make him feel the need to apologize??? Finally clarification! Resent (re-sent, as in to send again) and resent (as in to take offense) are spelled the same way, yet pronounced oh so differently! Oops. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/14 "2007-05-10T23:46:59Z")
I once had a spell checker try to change the surname LeBeau to “labia.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/15 "2007-05-10T23:53:19Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] Vaselining does improve network speed and performance, thereby increasing end-user satisfaction levels. At least at the physical layer. [/QUOTE] 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/16 "2007-05-11T05:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] “Xanthous” = “Xanthium(s)” - what on _earth_ is that? [/QUOTE] It’s a type of flower, also known as the Cocklebur. Firefox’s spellcheck does not like that name, however. It suggests Xanthippe, Xanthus, and, oddly, Dilithium. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/17 "2007-05-11T05:57:51Z")
OpenOffice doesn’t recognize half the words in my thesis. It recommends “verbalization” for “globalization” and suggests that when I saw “unfractured” I really mean “fractured.” I am tempted to do an auto-correct and hand it in to see how my advisor would react. ---
**Author:** ![daere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@daere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daere)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/18 "2007-05-11T08:25:42Z")
One of my favorites usually comes pre-programed in the MS Word AutoText. It will automatically change “doe snot” into “does not.” I have to admit, it has a point – I cannot think of many places outside of veterinary or wildlife services that someone will knowingly and deliberately type “doe snot.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/19 "2007-05-11T09:34:43Z")
In my scientific manuscripts, word consistently tries to replace “germline” with “gremlin”. Maybe I should try to submit a paper on gremlins to the Journal of Biochemistry. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563/20 "2007-05-11T12:24:51Z")
Word used to try change a friend of mines name to Hooligan - couldnt have picked a more appropriate name 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spell-check/403563.md?page=2)