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.
“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…
Aha! Missing comma syndrome strikes again. Thanks for pointing it out.