# 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:** 6
**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 28, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/101 "2006-02-28T13:19:40Z")
> [@tries](#): > > :raises hand: Spell Checker agrees with W.C. Fields: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/102 "2006-02-28T13:21:35Z")
> [@Rik](#): > > … and Robert John wonders about **Rik**. Spell Check sez someday you’ll find your tikki tavi. ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/103 "2006-02-28T13:23:33Z")
> [@<No suggestions>](#): > > Let’s see if the almight Spell Checker is powerful enough to break my name up into its proper parts. Spell Checker sez you are crazy. Sorry ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/104 "2006-02-28T13:24:57Z")
> [@Luna](#): > > I’ll give it a whirl too Spell Checker sez you will moon the whole forum for some cheap beads. Happy Mardi Gras! ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/105 "2006-02-28T13:33:37Z")
> [@Stengel](#): > > Hey, is this the line for Springsteen tickets? Oh, it’s not! Well, it still looks like a queue full of interesting folks, so add me to the ranks of those seeking revelation from the mighty Spell Checker. Spell Checker sez, there comes a time in a man’s life, and you’ve had plenty of them. ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/106 "2006-02-28T13:35:38Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > I’d really like to see what it has to say about an Amazon Floozy Goddess. Spell Checker loves you just the way you are, don’t change a thing, I mean it! ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/107 "2006-02-28T13:42:28Z")
> [@tries](#): > > :raises hand: > [@Fear Itself](#): > > Spell Checker agrees with W.C. Fields: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” I suppose that one was pretty obvious. ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/108 "2006-02-28T13:43:08Z")
> [@Anastasie](#): > > I’m scared. Spell Checker sez you are hiding from the Bolsheviks in Aix-Les-Bains, France. Voulez-vous le secouer aimez-vous une image polaroïd? ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/109 "2006-02-28T13:45:04Z")
> [@stumpage](#): > > I demand to be let on this bandwagon. I wonder, is that a wagon on which musicians ride, or a wagon with structural bands of some sort, or perhaps a wagon used to carry the supplies of a small group of raiders. Spell Checker sez you recently cleared some trees off your property, or else you had an amputation. Let’s hope is was nothing important. ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/110 "2006-02-28T13:47:52Z")
> [@Hal Briton](#): > > Spell checkers often change “Hal Briton” to “Hall Bristol”. Let’s see if we get anything different from yours… Spell Checker sez he likes your beer, but you need to see a dentist. Soon. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/111 "2006-02-28T14:26:19Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Spell Checker loves you just the way you are, don’t change a thing, I mean it! Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/112 "2006-02-28T18:19:27Z")
I’ve got a feeling I’ll be joining the ranks of \, but here we go: lightingtool ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/113 "2006-02-28T18:36:46Z")
> [@lighting tool](#): > > I’ve got a feeling I’ll be joining the ranks of \, but here we go: > > lighting tool You should be so lucky. Spell Checker is happy to insert a space next Tuesday, for the hamburger you buy him today. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/114 "2006-02-28T18:59:06Z")
Ooooh, do me, do me! (ivylass jumps up and down excitedly.) (My computer is down. I’m bored. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/115 "2006-02-28T19:00:45Z")
Ooooh, do me, do me! (ivylass jumps up and down excitedly.) (My computer is down. I’m bored.) ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/116 "2006-02-28T19:04:04Z")
I’ll bite. Do I just get split down the middle? ---
**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 28, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/117 "2006-02-28T19:12:50Z")
> [@ivy lass](#): > > Ooooh, do me, do me! Spell Checker never gets tired of hearing that from hot babes! Here’s your space. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/118 "2006-02-28T19:16:06Z")
**Encinitas** if you please? Or if you don’t please… ---
**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 28, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/119 "2006-02-28T19:19:54Z")
> [@toad spittle](#): > > I’ll bite. Do I just get split down the middle? Spell Checker sez, “make like a banana”. ---
**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 28, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310/120 "2006-02-28T19:21:37Z")
> [@Ancients](#): > > **Ancients** if you please? Or if you don’t please… Spell Checker is always happy to oblige our senior citizens. How’s that lumbago? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spell-checker-knows-who-you-really-are/346310.md?page=7)