Hoo-hah, Erika!
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
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Theodosia - Nov 25, 2002 4:42:34 pm PST #401 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Rebecca Lizard - Nov 25, 2002 4:44:38 pm PST #402 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I definitely think "focussed" looks weird. What's more interesting is that Rebecca thinks it looks weird, seeing as she's solidly American.
Yes, but I'm also just weird.
MS Word, with spelling set to American last time I checked, accepted "focussed". That's why I said "that's so odd" and not "you've got a typo".
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2002 4:51:19 pm PST #403 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
MS Word, with spelling set to American last time I checked, accepted "focussed".
When was that last time? I've never had it pass, and I checked as I made my post, also switching to Australian English to make sure it did.
Hil R. - Nov 25, 2002 4:57:19 pm PST #404 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My MS Word, set to the default dictionary (I don't seem to have any other options) will not automatically underline anything in "focussed colour aluminium." However, when I ran spell check, it objected to all of them.
Connie Neil - Nov 25, 2002 4:58:53 pm PST #405 of 10001
brillig
Do you have Word set to Spell Check as you Type? Or whatever the real name of that section is? Those are two different functions, Spellchecking and Checking as You Type.
John H - Nov 25, 2002 4:59:03 pm PST #406 of 10001
focussed colour aluminium
Good name for a band.
If I ever have a band again, it will be called "ghoti", pronounced "fish".
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2002 5:04:35 pm PST #407 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Like these guys, pretty much?
Hil R. - Nov 25, 2002 5:10:11 pm PST #408 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Do you have Word set to Spell Check as you Type? Or whatever the real name of that section is? Those are two different functions, Spellchecking and Checking as You Type.
Usually it'll underline misspelled words. Now when I tried typing that phrase again in the same document, it automatically changed "focussed" to "focused" and underlined the other two.
John H - Nov 25, 2002 5:16:11 pm PST #409 of 10001
Like these guys, pretty much?
Bastards stole my idea! That I stole from George Bernard Shaw!
erikaj - Nov 25, 2002 5:39:08 pm PST #410 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Thank you. And now I find that out, after I switched to "focused", that I could've been right the first time?!Argh.