Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Spellcheck

I am a member of the spellcheck generation. I was astonished to learn over the weekend that "border" like between countries and "boarder" like someone who lives in a boarding house are spelled differently. When my father was a kid, he dreamed of a machine that would make learning to spell obsolete. He didn't anticipate arguing with it over the spelling of his last name every day. Anteater? Attributer? Maltreated? Attracter? Attested?

I am amused by the suggestions for Carnap (Canape, Catnap) and Frege (Free, Forage, Fringe). I always wish Frege hadn't been a Nazi; I'd like it if we could be friends.

1 Comments:

Blogger Bill said...

He died in 1925-- he couldn't have been much of a Nazi.

1:48 PM  

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