February 28, 2007
It’s good to have friends!
I related to you a week or so ago some of the problems I encounter when trying to use spell checker in a multi-lingual society. My friend hyphen8 had something to say about that:
“Don’t feel two bad. Even wen ewe ewes spell Czech, awed things can slip buy it.” That’s about the size of it. Turns out that it was somwhat prophetic, also. Hypen8 went shopping recently and found something that brought me to mind. I received the benefit of her largess in today’s mail, a too-perfect little pad of sticky notes:
*Dew knot trussed your spell chequer two fined awl your mistakes. - Brendan Hills
Mahalo, my friend! Owe you one … yet again!
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Posted by skeet @ 9:15 pm • Society & culture
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February 28th, 2007 at 11:09 pm, hyphen_eight Says:
A new store just opened between my office and my parking building. Last week they weren’t “officially” open yet but they were taking customers so I walked into the store. When I looked at the rack of notes that was the first one that caught my eye..I couldn’t resist!
I don’t know who Brendan Hills is. Do you?
February 28th, 2007 at 11:29 pm, skeet Says:
Adn some folks wonder how I can get carried away & spend hours in an office supply shop. :0)
Sent you a link to Brenddan Hills of the Blues Travelers. There are others, but he seems likely.
March 1st, 2007 at 7:48 am, Leigh Says:
You could use this for wordless wednesday! Check my blog for the link. I can’t remember it off hand.
May 1st, 2008 at 9:21 pm, Brendan Hills Says:
*I* am Brendan Hills.
All I have ever done that anyone would know about is to write that quote in my .sig in the early days of the web: and it just took off from there.