There needs to be contextcheck, in addition to spellcheck. Because even though "grizzly" was the wrong word, it *was* spelled correctly, so spellcheck just went blithely on without flagging it.
Contextcheck would be an excellent Turing test.
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2009 5:17:36 am PDT #9966 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
sumi - Sep 07, 2009 5:20:20 am PDT #9967 of 28385
Art Crawl!!!
Ursa major with a little back up from Ursa minor?
StuntHusband - Sep 07, 2009 5:48:29 am PDT #9968 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
There needs to be contextcheck, in addition to spellcheck.
A contextcheck would be FABULOUS, and would have totally bitchslapped the spellcheck, muttering, "Wanker."
Amy - Sep 07, 2009 5:55:35 am PDT #9969 of 28385
Because books.
I think the new Word has something like it now -- some words show up with a blue line underneath them, and they're usage related. Like "bare" instead of "bear," etc. But it still gets it wrong about 85% of the time, just like the grammar check.
Connie Neil - Sep 07, 2009 6:05:03 am PDT #9970 of 28385
brillig
Consuela - Sep 07, 2009 3:54:33 pm PDT #9971 of 28385
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
omg, Connie, that's brilliantly awful. Hah!
Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2009 10:11:16 pm PDT #9972 of 28385
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
If you write 1000 words and Neil Gaiman writes 1000 words, Neil Gaiman has written more than you.
Neil Gaiman's next novel is expected to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Heisman Trophy.
Steph L. - Sep 08, 2009 2:35:42 am PDT #9973 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
20 Neil Gaiman Facts:
Neil Gaiman once groped Harlan Ellison.
::snerk::
StuntHusband - Sep 08, 2009 4:24:27 am PDT #9974 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Neil Gaiman once groped Harlan Ellison.
I think Jilli's eyes just rolled right out of her head.
Atropa - Sep 08, 2009 9:19:13 am PDT #9975 of 28385
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Actually I snickered. Because Neil Gaiman is one of the few people Harlan actually likes.
Some authors write in omniscient point of view. Neil Gaiman lives it.
This is my favorite.