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Thread #35067   Message #476326
Posted By: Jim Dixon
04-Jun-01 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: The spell-checker name game
Subject: The spell-checker name game
Here's a little pastime for people with a computer and too much time on their hands. Get a list of famous people or people you know. Run it through your spell-checker. When the spell-checker finds a word that's not in its dictionary -- which will happen for most proper names -- accept one of the alternative spellings the program suggests. Occasionally, if you're lucky, the results will be amusing.

I happened to have a list of elderly (or recently dead) entertainers. Here's what I got:

Ernest Borgnine became Ernest Boringness
Perry Como became Perky Comma
Zsa Zsa Gabor became USA USA Gabber
Charlton Heston became Charlatan Festoon
Don Rickles became Don Reckless