# Spell Check Stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018 "2010-02-22T20:22:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/21 "2010-02-23T20:21:47Z")
I work for the Public Defender. Guess what word our IT people took out of the spellcheck database? ---
**Author:** ![Kelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@Kelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/22 "2010-02-23T20:22:48Z")
Not sure if spell check was the culprit, but a secretary once put the word “eroticism” in place of “neuroticism” in a report I was preparing for a middle school student. There was a Neuroticism scale in an old personality test I was using at the time. Hmm, what is it that you’re measuring again…? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/23 "2010-02-23T20:40:06Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Oh yeah, the search & replace. We used it once without thinking, to replace “key” with “lock” everywhere due to a change in terminology. So you made monlocks out of yourselves? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/24 "2010-02-23T22:22:07Z")
Sometimes I get lazy. Ok, that’s not true. Sometimes I get arrogant and annoyed that I have to check my work. And it’s gonna come back to bite me in the ass, because I will eventually send out something regarding Cliton instead of Clinton and cuntry instead of country. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/25 "2010-02-23T22:57:05Z")
A coworker once saw an email that apologized for the “incontinence.” ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/26 "2010-02-23T23:04:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > But don’t take my word for it. You know that New York City is the home to a lot of Jewish poeple, right? Type “NYC” into Word, then change the font to Wingdings. Yes, we actually got a complaint about that. I thought I had heard all the oldies but goodies but I missed this one. That is pretty funny (in a twisted kind of way of course). ---
**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:** [February 24, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/27 "2010-02-24T00:20:25Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > A coworker once saw an email that apologized for the “incontinence.” Well, if someone messed on my office floor, I sure as hell would expect an apology at the least!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/28 "2010-02-24T01:25:38Z")
According to my urban planning professor last year, I’m studying “pubic policy”. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/29 "2010-02-24T02:40:17Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Where I come from “kike” is perjorative for transvestite Out of curiosity, where is this? I’ve only heard it as a pejorative for “Jew.” Never realized this might be regional. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/30 "2010-02-24T03:37:59Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Where I come from “kike” is perjorative for transvestite In the United States, [kike](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kike) is a particularly nasty slur against Jews. It’s regarded as being so vulgar that no Jew I know or have ever met will use it to describe himself, even jokingly. I’ll call myself “hebe” and will roll my eyes at “sheeny” and some others, but I would never call myself by that term and would never even think to use it with another person. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/31 "2010-02-24T13:00:30Z")
My boss once sent a memo about backing up our data. “Everyone should have a floppy dick that they use daily.” ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/32 "2010-02-24T14:51:26Z")
Got this anecdote forwarded from my mom, from a mutual friend of ours (definition linked for those unfamiliar with the word in question): > [@](#): > > I am reading a student’s paper. He is analyzing a cigarette ad and explaining what techniques the ad uses to persuade its audience. He wants to say that the proud display of progeny (descendants) subliminally persuades an audience that using a certain product is safe. Here’s what he wrote: > > “We can assume that these people must be living healthy lives, as [decedents](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+decedent) happen to be the strongest sign of life itself.” ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/33 "2010-02-24T18:00:44Z")
We once sent our office assistant to an HR luncheon to take some notes on behalf of the VP. The VP later showed me the notes and was very confused about the reference to a website called “[www.rapemyemployer.com](http://www.rapemyemployer.com)” - last I heard, the assistant had left the company to study holistic surgery. :smack: > [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I work for the Public Defender. Guess what word our IT people took out of the spellcheck database? “guilty”? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/34 "2010-02-24T20:29:23Z")
Nothing beats the old _Dilbert_ comic strip, where one of Dilbert’s co-workers is mad at the pointy haired boss Co-Worker) And for your informaiton my name is MYRON not MORON. I suggest you be more careful when you use spell check Pointy Haired Boss) I have spellcheck? ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/35 "2010-02-24T21:03:48Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > A coworker once saw an email that apologized for the “incontinence.” Back in my IT days I received a call from a distraught admin for the president of the company. She needed help with the recall function in Outlook, as she did this not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES. At least it was an internal email and everybody could laugh it off. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/36 "2010-02-24T21:46:41Z")
I saw some minutes recently that referred to “necessary repairs to a support bean in the parkade.” I guess that’s what happens when you send Slow Jack out for building materials. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/37 "2010-02-24T21:54:46Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > I saw some minutes recently that referred to “necessary repairs to a support bean in the parkade.” This is not a spell check story, but I nonetheless find it quite amusing. When I was in maybe 3rd grade our classroom had a sink in the back, and above the sink was a soap dispenser. One day it ran out of soap. The teacher asked one of the kids to make a sign that said “soap” and tape it to the dispenser so that the janitor would know to fill it. The kid did it and stepped back to admire his handiwork. I looked at it and pointed out that he wrote “soup” instead. He found this to be quite funny, and we started making jokes about “Ha ha, fill it with chicken noodle” and stuff. The teacher was not amused. How dare I make fun of this kid for what was probably an honest mistake? Couldn’t I see that he felt really badly about it? Um, he’s laughing. I’d say he feels pretty good about it. Heh heh. Soup. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/38 "2010-02-24T22:02:03Z")
I want to change my user name to Support Bean. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/39 "2010-02-24T22:36:37Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I want to change my user name to Support Bean. You’d confuse people, though–are you a description or a command? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-stories/530018/40 "2010-02-24T22:54:26Z")
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