http://blog.georgepratt.net/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/ It's an on again, off again, blog thing Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.georgepratt.net/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-24 Just Me » Blog Archive » Punctuation Pedant Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:29:24 +0000 http://georgepratt.net/Blog/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-24 [...] I have in the past made fun of my own spelling and grammer and been irritated by the spelling and grammar Nazi that I am going to marry in the less than a year. To be fair, she does this when beside me or when my mistakes are noticed and I’m within earshot. Unlike John Richards who was so distressed by the lack of an apostophe that he used the worlds press to lash out internationally at an individual. Would his anger and frustration not have been better served by slating the education system that so obviously failed this man? probobally, but then “Malcontent frustrated with his lot in life lashes out at the Irish education system” wouldn’t have gotten quite so many column inches. [...] [...] I have in the past made fun of my own spelling and grammer and been irritated by the spelling and grammar Nazi that I am going to marry in the less than a year. To be fair, she does this when beside me or when my mistakes are noticed and I’m within earshot. Unlike John Richards who was so distressed by the lack of an apostophe that he used the worlds press to lash out internationally at an individual. Would his anger and frustration not have been better served by slating the education system that so obviously failed this man? probobally, but then “Malcontent frustrated with his lot in life lashes out at the Irish education system” wouldn’t have gotten quite so many column inches. [...]

]]> http://blog.georgepratt.net/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-14 George Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:43:07 +0000 http://georgepratt.net/Blog/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-14 Only in Ireland :) Only in Ireland

]]> http://blog.georgepratt.net/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-13 James Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:58:23 +0000 http://georgepratt.net/Blog/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-13 Its funny - when I installed Wordpress I didn't expect an automatic link to a guy who lived 5 miles down the road from me in the Cork countryside. Of the millions of bloggers in the world, my nearest blogging neighbour was already added to my blogroll. Its funny – when I installed WordPress I didn’t expect an automatic link to a guy who lived 5 miles down the road from me in the Cork countryside. Of the millions of bloggers in the world, my nearest blogging neighbour was already added to my blogroll.

]]> http://blog.georgepratt.net/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-11 George Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:08:42 +0000 http://georgepratt.net/Blog/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-11 Hehee, thanks for droppin by Donncha Hehee, thanks for droppin by Donncha

]]> http://blog.georgepratt.net/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-10 Donncha O Caoimh Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:46:47 +0000 http://georgepratt.net/Blog/2006/08/26/more-spellcheck-news/#comment-10 Hehe. Glad you enjoyed the post. That spellchecker is on wordpress.com, and in Wordpress 2.1, the development version. I couldn't believe it when I saw it myself and I'm glad Mark Jaquith only linked to the image instead of displaying it! Hehe. Glad you enjoyed the post. That spellchecker is on wordpress.com, and in WordPress 2.1, the development version. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it myself and I’m glad Mark Jaquith only linked to the image instead of displaying it!

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