Tag Archives: spelling

Cacheback

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Kelson

You know you’re a programmer when you misspell “cash” as “cache.”

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Maybe “Sent from my iPhone/Droid/whatever” is worth including…as a spelling disclaimer. (Sent from my G2)

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Kelson | Leave a comment

Free…Raffie?

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Kelson

I’ve never understood why people will use a lower-case L in the middle of an otherwise all-caps phrase. It’s the only lower-case letter that happens to look exactly like another letter entirely when mixed with capitals.

Free raffie? for a waik-in tub?

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Do You Fix Old Online Typos?

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Kelson

I always feel somewhat embarrassed when I find a typo in one of my old blog posts, and try to fix it. I’m a little less concerned with forum posts, since they tend to be more ephemeral anyway, and I should probably treat Twitter updates and Facebook status the same way, but I’ve made my share of “Oops, I mean to say ____” posts.

How about you? If you stumble on one of your own online posts and find a typo, what do you do about it?


The poll is open through June 8. And yes, I know there’s a typo in the question. I didn’t notice until after several votes had been cast, which meant that Twtpoll won’t let me fix it. :-(

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Reinstalling Windows, etc.

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Kelson
  • Taking the opportunity to do a clean Windows installation (i.e. old box died). Downside: reinstalling a bazillion apps & updates. #
  • Hmm. Firefox spellcheck underlines Hiro but is perfectly OK with Nakamura. #
  • Ah, a clean desktop! Only 2 icons: Recycle Bin and my rebuild to-do list. #
  • I agree with @rzazueta:

    Also – PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE refrain from building sites all in Flash! Treat Flash like you treat images – enhancement. #sbbuzz #

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Get used to “disapointment”

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Kelson

Found written on a stairway tile:

Writing on a tile: 'life is full of disapointments' [sic]

Someone’s teacher might be disappointed in the spelling…

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Czech yore gramma!

Posted on March 28, 2005 by Kelson

A nice example of why spelling and grammar checkers (at least as they stand today) are not enough: In trust we Word. The article has more.

(Appropriately, it seems that WordPerfect’s grammar checker is considerably more effective than Word’s.)

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