Stress testing the spell checker (in Off-topic)


bartjan February 1 2006 1:10 PM EST

hi my frend jack has range me up and said he cant get on cb any more becouse you mite hace blocked him he wants to no why he cant get on cb any more have you dont any thing just asking =]

Weird. Only 3 words are flagged as misspelled. There probably must be some buffer overload somewhere in the spell checker.

Anyway, if someone sees The Killer (=jack) or Reece (his friend), can you tell them that AOL is usually spelled like that, and not oal?

AdminShade February 1 2006 1:20 PM EST

so? :p

jayuu February 1 2006 1:21 PM EST

I only count 3 misspelled words in there. There's a few more words that are being misused, though still spelled correctly. :)

Zoglog[T] [big bucks] February 1 2006 1:22 PM EST

Unfortunately several of those words although spelled wrong for their meaning are actually recognised as correct spellings for other words, would be nice if CB recognised what makes sense and what doesn't.

AdminShade February 1 2006 1:24 PM EST

CB has a spell checker, not a grammar checker. :)

jayuu February 1 2006 1:30 PM EST

Maybe we need a grammar checker. I nominate Bast. :)

AdminQBGentlemanLoser [{END}] February 1 2006 1:40 PM EST

Seconded! ;)

PirateKing February 1 2006 1:53 PM EST

"Maybe we need a grammar checker. I nominate Bast."

That is too good of a choice. Nothing will ever get posted. :P

AdminG Beee February 1 2006 2:26 PM EST

Bast is a bad choice.

If you want someone to check spelling and grammar then by default our American players are ruled out. ;)

Mem February 1 2006 2:36 PM EST

What if those American players are avid readers of English (British) literature?

PirateKing February 1 2006 3:11 PM EST

"What if those American players are avid readers of English (British) literature?"

Nah... they tend to stumble over their hyperinflated egos. :P

Kent February 2 2006 1:09 AM EST

hi my frend jack has range me up and said he cant get on cb any more becouse you mite hace blocked him he wants to no why he cant get on cb any more have you dont any thing just asking =]

frend = friend
becouse = because
mite = might
hace = have
no = know
(cant = can't)
dont = done
(any thing = anything)

And those are the errors that I can see. Spelling errors of course. Of course there's always CB, Jack, Hi, 'him. He', 'more. Have' , 'thing?', and 'Just asking."

Maelstrom February 2 2006 1:12 AM EST

The real problem is the lack of punctuation and improper use of words. Spelling isn't much of an issue, really.

Kent February 2 2006 1:14 AM EST

* range is supposed to be rang
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