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Date: 22 Apr 2008 03:22:21
From: Guy Macon
Subject: "Kasparov Retails Title on a Draw"
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Quadibloc wrote:
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>> "Retails"? What does that mean? Was the title for sale?
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>I don't see that spelling error anywhere. It was always "retains".
>Retain means keep.
But the spellchecker said that "Kasparov Retails Title" was OK! :)
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The spell-checker song:
I have a spelling checker.
It came with my pea sea.
It plane lee marks four my re-view
Miss steaks aye can knot C.
Iran this poem threw it.
Your sure lee glad two no.
It is core wrecked in every weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a bless sing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right stiles ewe can reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays come posed up on my screen
Is trussed two bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore a veiling checkers
Hour spelling mite decline,
If wee R lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid two wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.
Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With words sew fare too here.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws R knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in 2 averse
With righting sure too please.
--
Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/ >
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Date: 23 Apr 2008 12:15:47
From: Quadibloc
Subject: Re: "Kasparov Retails Title on a Draw"
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On Apr 21, 9:22=A0pm, Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/ > wrote:
> The spell-checker song:
This was indeed comical. I had seen the first verse before in another
post somewhere, but the full thing did pose me some difficulty in
three of its lines... here's what I think it says.
> I have a spelling checker.
> It came with my pea sea.
> It plane lee marks four my re-view
> Miss steaks aye can knot C.
I have a spelling checker,
it came with my PC.
It plainly marks for my review
mistakes I cannot see.
> Iran this poem threw it.
> Your sure lee glad two no.
> It is core wrecked in every weigh,
> My checker tolled me sew.
I ran this poem through it,
you're surely glad to know.
It is correct in every way,
my checker told me so.
> A checker is a bless sing.
> It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
> It helps me right stiles ewe can reed,
> And aides me when aye rime.
A checker is a blessing;
it frees you loads of time.
It helps me write styles you can read, (?)
and aids me when I rhyme.
> Each frays come posed up on my screen
> Is trussed two bee a joule.
> The checker pours o'er every word
> To cheque sum spelling rule.
Each phrase composed upon my screen
is trusted to be a jewel. (?)
The checker pores over every word
to check some spelling rule.
> Bee fore a veiling checkers
> Hour spelling mite decline,
> If wee R lacks oar have a laps,
> We wood bee maid two wine.
Before availing checkers (?)
our spelling might decline.
If we are lax, or have a lapse,
we would be made to whine.
> Butt now bee cause my spelling
> Is checked with such grate flare,
> There are know faults with in my cite,
> Of nun eye am a wear.
But now because my spelling
is checked with such great flair,
there are no faults within my sight,
of none I am aware.
> Now spelling does knot phase me,
> It does knot bring a tier.
> My pay purrs awl due glad den
> With words sew fare too here.
Now spelling does not faze me,
it does not bring a tear.
My papers all do gladden
with words so fair to hear.
> To rite with care is quite a feet
> Of witch won should bee proud,
> And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
> Sew flaws R knot aloud.
To write with care is quite a feat
of which one should be proud.
And we must do the best we can,
so flaws are not allowed.
> Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
> Such soft wear four pea seas,
> And why eye brake in 2 averse
> With righting sure too please.
So you can see why I do praise
such software for PCs,
and why I break into a verse
with writing sure to please.
John Savard
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Date: 23 Apr 2008 12:22:08
From: Quadibloc
Subject: Re: "Kasparov Retails Title on a Draw"
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On Apr 23, 1:15=A0pm, Quadibloc <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Apr 21, 9:22=A0pm, Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:
Doing a Google search...
> > A checker is a bless sing.
> > It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
> > It helps me right stiles ewe can reed,
> > And aides me when aye rime.
>
> A checker is a blessing;
> it frees you loads of time.
> It helps me write styles you can read, (?)
> and aids me when I rhyme.
>
> > Each frays come posed up on my screen
> > Is trussed two bee a joule.
> > The checker pours o'er every word
> > To cheque sum spelling rule.
>
> Each phrase composed upon my screen
> is trusted to be a jewel. (?)
> The checker pores over every word
> to check some spelling rule.
turns up a slightly different version of these two versions, which
helps with two of my three difficulties:
A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when eye rime.
(A checker is a blessing,
it frees you loads of time.
It helps me write all styles to read,
and aids me when I rhyme.)
Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
(Each phrase composed upon my screen,
I trust to be a jewel.
The checker pores over every word
to check some spelling rule.)
But I didn't find a version which dealt with the third one I had
trouble reading.
John Savard
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