This reminds me that I I recently put the following on Facebook and the spell checker there flagged all three words:
SQUIRRELLED: The longest monosyllabic English word.ABSTENTIOUS: The longest word to use all five vowels in order, exactly once.ROTAVATOR: The longest non-coined palindrome.
All your spelling checker can do is tell you that a word isn’t in its dictionary. That doesn’t mean that it’s wrong, just that the program doesn’t recognize it. And, for that matter, it can’t tell you that you’ve used the wrong word (e.g., used their instead of there) if it’s spelled correctly.
johnt204 about 11 years ago
Yes.
Harry Grapjas about 11 years ago
Check this link:http://www.learnenglish.de/jokes/jokespellingchecker.html
Not sure how to make a hyperlink of it, sorry.
gordrogb Premium Member about 11 years ago
This reminds me that I I recently put the following on Facebook and the spell checker there flagged all three words:
SQUIRRELLED: The longest monosyllabic English word.ABSTENTIOUS: The longest word to use all five vowels in order, exactly once.ROTAVATOR: The longest non-coined palindrome.
ChessPirate about 11 years ago
I’ve had spell-checkers flag a word and offer up the same exact spelling as an alternate!
danlarios about 11 years ago
both
jppjr about 11 years ago
A case of PIC-NIC…..Problem In Chair….Not In Computer.
LV1951 about 11 years ago
I agree on the both answer.
RonBerg13 Premium Member about 11 years ago
Its you, you loser.
wiatr about 11 years ago
Spell Check is no substitute for learning how to spell.
JoePhan about 11 years ago
All your spelling checker can do is tell you that a word isn’t in its dictionary. That doesn’t mean that it’s wrong, just that the program doesn’t recognize it. And, for that matter, it can’t tell you that you’ve used the wrong word (e.g., used their instead of there) if it’s spelled correctly.