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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:41 PM
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Ever use Google as a spell checker?
Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 03:42 PM by Goathead
Only to find out, there are a million morons out there that spell worst than you do?
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CalebHayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:43 PM
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1. heck yeah, all the time n/t
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Winamericaback Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:43 PM
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2. Every once in a while
I will on some obscure words and then I'll get 50 or so results for thr word spelled wrong but good ole google :

Did you mean.....
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:47 PM
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3. How would you know if you can't spell?
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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4. Yeah, sure
You even sometimes learn interesting things that way.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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5. all the time
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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6. This works much better
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 PM
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10. I use that one, too
But if I'm doing a search anyway and have to spell something I usually try it on Google first.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM
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7. I use word all the time as a spell checker for emailing
Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 03:48 PM by motely36
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:51 PM
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8. I use Netscape - It has it's own spell check.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:51 PM
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9. Here's a neat little trick. Try typing in the word you want checked
Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 PM by Lone_Star_Dem
then type dictionary and hit enter. See what happens. :)
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Philostopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 PM
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11. I remember once I typed in some words related to web browsers ...
but typed too fast and misspelled it as 'web brower' -- I couldn't believe how many web pages had that misspelling of browser in them.

I just went and ran it, and I noticed it's not quite as bad as it was a few years back, most of the 'Brower' listings are for people with that name, now. Still, if you lock the words "web brower" together and search on it, you'll find that misspelling often enough, even on some university web sites.
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:59 PM
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12. I just did a search for "Liberty Ship"
...and accidentally misspelled it "librty" and was amazed at what came up.
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Menshevik Donating Member (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 04:25 PM
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13. alllllll the time
god bless google
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