Spellcheck is our friend — and our nemesis
Ever run spell check to see what your sources’ names would look like afterward? I have, to hilarious result. I’m reserving the corrected names to protect the innocent, but try running your name through a spell checker to see what I mean.
In any case, the AP ran a story about spell-check gone wild in a high school yearbook.
Middletown Area High School’s yearbook listed Max Zupanovic as “Max Supernova,” Kathy Carbaugh as “Kathy Airbag” and Alessandra Ippolito as “Alexandria Impolite,” just to name a few.
Only four of the yearbook pages have those corrections on them.
Just goes to show that spell check is not a good backup system. That’s what good copy editors are for.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
“I have to hilarious result.”
Was that intended? It’s late in the afternoon and I’ve been fighting with stupid clients all day. I feel as though I could be missing a joke here…
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Aha! Missing comma syndrome strikes again. Thanks for pointing it out.