# My spell-checker knows who you really are! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310 "2006-02-27T14:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/41 "2006-02-27T18:12:34Z")
It’s all so clear now. I’ve been slorting when I should’ve been slotting. Thank you, Spirits of the Spellchecker! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/42 "2006-02-27T18:14:09Z")
I’m nothing if not curious. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/43 "2006-02-27T18:16:33Z")
> [@Serena](#): > > Oh, oh, me next!! I always thought you were hotter than your cousin. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/44 "2006-02-27T18:17:48Z")
> [@Bumbling](#): > > I’m nothing if not curious. The Spell Checker only calls 'em as it sees 'em, friend. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/45 "2006-02-27T18:22:51Z")
Ok, I’m curious, what does the all-knowing spellchecker know about me? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/46 "2006-02-27T18:25:07Z")
> [@Rest](#): > > Ok, I’m curious, what does the all-knowing spellchecker know about me? You work too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/47 "2006-02-27T19:10:41Z")
Next customer. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/48 "2006-02-27T19:14:09Z")
> [@Alba](#): > > Next customer. How _you_ doin’, Jessica? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/49 "2006-02-27T19:16:48Z")
Alright, let’s give it a whirl. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/50 "2006-02-27T19:19:53Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Let’s see what regallag **yeilds** in the mighty spell checker. An advertisement for your own spell checker? 😃 I am guessing that Plynck = plank. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/51 "2006-02-27T19:22:38Z")
And what cruel fate will befall **zweisamkeit**? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/52 "2006-02-27T19:22:43Z")
> [@disgust](#): > > Alright, let’s give it a whirl. So don’t eat the asparagus if you don’t like it! ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/53 "2006-02-27T19:23:06Z")
I wonder what it thinks about me. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/54 "2006-02-27T19:24:26Z")
> [@Planck](#): > > An advertisement for your own spell checker? 😃 > > I am guessing that Planck = plank. The Spell Checker canna change the laws of physics! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/55 "2006-02-27T19:26:06Z")
> [@seismic](#): > > And what cruel fate will befall **seismic**? Spell Checker sees a whole lotta shakin goin’ on beneath your surface! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/56 "2006-02-27T19:28:37Z")
> [@Celesta](#): > > I wonder what it thinks about me. Don’t knock it; it could have been _glockenspiel_. ---
**Author:** ![hawkeyejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hawkeyejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawkeyejo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/57 "2006-02-27T19:38:04Z")
Am I really the last of the mohicans? All set to bite, chew and spit. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/58 "2006-02-27T19:47:10Z")
> [@hokeyer](#): > > Am I really the last of the mohicans? > All set to bite, chew and spit. You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out… Doesn’t get much hokeyer than that! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/59 "2006-02-27T20:44:42Z")
I’m not expecting much… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/60 "2006-02-27T20:55:34Z")
> [@Megen](#): > > I’m not expecting much… Spell Checker sez in another life, you lived in a small town in Northwest Netherlands. Danke je wel! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310.md?page=4)