Do you trust the spell checker?

Question

I grew up in Wasteland, in the English Lake District. My mother was a Lancaster and my father was a Scourer. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, I was living in Hmong Kong, but it was many years later that I heard of Asama bin Laden.

Answer 1

confused

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Answer 2

Know.

Answer 3

It has some astonishing glitches and has an editorial bias (e.g. it highlights "Google",) but on the whole I find it excellent.  It even gives the correct spelling of the names of famous people.

Because I am a Canadian subscriber it highlights the American spelling that I deliberately use to answer American askers, but I don't mind that at all.

Answer 4

YES!

Yahoo always tries to change the word obama into ABM. I think they are trying to tell us something.

ABM = A Bad Man

;-)

Answer 5

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Answer 6

No, the spell checker misses most things.

Won find day, their were fife beers, all with a wroth on top.

The above single line sentence makes very little sense, yet the spell checker will pass it instantly as okay.

Answer 7

What spell checker programme are you running on your PC ?

I prefer to check any of my doubtful spellings with the Oxford English Dictionary !

Answer 8

No