Spelling

[alan refail]

Eye have a spell in chequer
It came with my pea see
It plane lee marks four my revue
miss takes eye cannot sea
I've run this poem threw it
I'm shore yore pleased two no
its letter perfect in its weigh
my chequer tolled me sew.

[oldherbaceous]

It all seems to be working right Alan.

[Johnboy]

Hi Alan,
We had a case, a few years back now, when a person used Stork instead of Stalk which he has never really lived down.
I have just put your poem through my spell checker very successfully.
Very clever! Can't stop chuckling!
JB.

[alan refail]

Our local weekly paper this morning has an article on "dog fowling".
Last week it reported how much it cost the local animal sanctuary to have feral cats "muted"

[richard p]

headline in our paper this morning "lorry collided into a wall" the pics show its gone right through into a garden.

[peter]

Alan, are there similar possibilities in Welsh?

Perhaps the newspaper editor's first language is welsh?

[alan refail]

Alan, are there similar possibilities in Welsh?

Perhaps the newspaper editor's first language is welsh?

No, it's just bad English

[alan refail]

...to continue the Welsh theme: all road signs in Wales must be bilingual. Recently a sign outside a retail park in Swansea was e-mailed in for translation and, following the reply, was made and erected outside a retail park.



Unfortunately the Welsh means I am not in the office at the moment. Please send anything that needs translating

[alan refail]

Fore yore fur there amuse meant, hears a longer wan:

I have a spell in check a,
It came with my pee sea.
It plane lee marques four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Yore sure lee glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh.
My chequer tolled me sew.

A cheque err is a bless sing,
It freeze ewe lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when eye rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours or every word
Too cheque sum spell in rule.

Bee fore wee ewes hour checker's
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know fault's with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.

Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl do glad den
With wrapped word's fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed do the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye do prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too pleas.



This was nominated in the States for a Pullet surprise

[macmac]

about the welsh sign i haven't laughed so much in ages
where do you find these things!

[alan refail]

about the welsh sign i haven't laughed so much in ages
where do you find these things!

BBC Wales keeps us informed.

[Chantal]

I hate spell checkers and don't trust them at all. I work in lighting and have had the following gems over the years

High speed toad lighting &
Congealed pelvic lighting (that sounds so revolting)

They should have been

High speed road lighting
Concealed pelmet lighting!

Both times the spelling/grammar approved them as correct and no-one checked...

[Geoff]

I remember having trouble when I was planning a borehole, wanted me to start a brothel. No need to react to that OH!

[oldherbaceous]

All's calm.