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Dec 15, 2009 12:09
WTF!? Frequently I'm finding reasonable words not to be in tweetdeck's spellfecker. Are 'hostelry' & 'deigning' really so obscure?
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mr_tom
December 15 2009, 18:33:24 UTC
You've got the purple filter on.
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aca
December 15 2009, 18:37:59 UTC
I did wonder why the underlining was a different color.
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elvum
December 16 2009, 08:13:19 UTC
You are clearly too well-educated for social media.
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aca
December 16 2009, 15:35:17 UTC
I don't know about that. :) I do find it grates when people feel compelled to rite like they speek, innit. I know English is defined by the speaker but I just can't bring myself to not shudder in response.
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therealdrhyde
December 31 2009, 21:46:16 UTC
If English is defined by the speaker, we need to start sewing mouths shut.
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aca
December 31 2009, 21:48:29 UTC
Frankly only a hair more draconian than the Académie française approach. :)
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billyabbott
December 17 2009, 10:51:38 UTC
I think you can probably blame Adobe for it -
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/squiggly/
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