[lbo-talk] Twilight of the West

T Fast tfast at yorku.ca
Mon May 17 10:30:02 PDT 2004


Doug wrote:


> No, I was referring to your original complaint. It's possible that
> the original was "high water mark," and the spellchecker helpfully
> suggested that "water mark" should be one word, and the editor
> unthinkingly accepted it. The WSJ banned the use of spellcheckers a
> few months ago because of the risk of producing idiocies like that.

And Mark Twain said "I have little to no respect for a man who can only think of one way to spell a word."

It seems clear from the post that you-all knew what was being said.

Travis



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