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This was sent to me a little while ago:
Owed Two A Spell Cheque
Eye halve a spelling chequer,
it came with my pea sea.
It plainly marques, four my revue,
miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
and weight four it two say,
Weather eye am wrong oar write
it shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid,
it nose bee fore two long.
And eye can put the error rite
it's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it,
I am shore your pleased two no.
Its letter perfect awl the weigh,
my chequer tolled me sew.
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Spell Checker Blues
Thanks for the chuckle.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Source
The poem was penned in 1992 by Professor Jerrold H. Zar, and was titled "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" (Pulitzer Prize)
The following link: -->HERE<-- takes you to his home page, where you can download the complete version of it. There's also an abridged version on Wikipedia.
Meanwhile, just in case anyone thinks the poem title / author sound vaguely familiar...
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
Thanks
Appreciate the info. I would have given the source; however, the person who sent it to me didn't. Here's the complete poem:
CANDIDATE FOR A PULLET SURPRISE
I have a spelling checker.
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished inn it's weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
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.
Bee fore a veiling checkers
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their 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 wrapped words fare as 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 are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too pleas.
Jerry Zar, 29 June 1992
Jerrold H. Zar
Graduate School
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
[email protected]
(Current mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, same university)
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As the author himself says...
The poem's been a victim of its own success. As with a few other humorous language-related bits of prose / poetry, it's frequently been copied, abridged, retitled and reworked - often without attribution ("Anonymous" is a pretty busy person!).
Richard Lederer's "English is a crazy language" (linked to in one of my earlier posts) is another frequent victim. Sometimes it can take a while using multiple extracts of the text to actually discover who the author is/was - so pretty much as a public service, whenever I see one posted up, I find out who the author was and post a link (as many people are too busy to spend half an hour or so on what can seem at times like a proverbial wild goose chase!)
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
On the other hand...
I have always wanted to write a story where the novice witch or mage,used a spell checker all the time, but of course like the ones used in word processors there are a ton of gotchas
Cute and What is a Jumper
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Brought a smile to my face.
But of course, we can all read what you wrote and could understand it. The power of the human mind.
More then likely, this kind of exercise can only be done in the English language, of which there are at least 6 current recognized versions (does not count regional variations such as Boston and Southern American or Scotish and Welsh English) .
U.K. English
American (U.S.) English
Canadian English
South African English
Australian English (which apparently includes New Zeland)
India(n) English
The Harry Potter novels have separate editions for at least U.S. English and U.K. English.
A question for readers.
Describe the article of clothing called a Jumper?
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Depends
According to U.K. or American English?
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Either or both
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Either or both. Or from wherever you are from.
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