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- From: ask@sei.cmu.edu (Alan Koch)
- Subject: Re: Spell checker "feature"
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.183621.29853@sei.cmu.edu>
- Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews)
- Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
- References: <BuBKqo.9H8@cs.bham.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:36:21 GMT
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- In article <BuBKqo.9H8@cs.bham.ac.uk>, dma@cs.bham.ac.uk (Denis Anthony) writes:
- |>
- |> I note that in a document that contained the word "Interleaf" the
- |> frame dictionary suggested I correct it to "Framemaker". There is
- |> clearly scope here for other creative changes. I suggest IBM could be
- |> improved to Sun maybe. Other suggestions could be System 5 to BSD, or HPUX
- |> to, well anything actually.
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- A more useful feature would be a Cleanse option which would flag naughty or
- offensive words and suggest more socially acceptable alternatives.
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- For instance, it would flag "sh*t" and suggest:
- fecal matter
- feces
- doo-doo
- poop
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- Of course, you could turn this option off. That way, you could write anything
- you wanted, as long as you spelled it correctly.
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- ask@sei.cmu.edu
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- Alan S. Koch
- Software Engineering Institute
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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