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GUEST,Philippa Mangled Lyrics Spelchecked! (115* d) RE: Mangled Lyrics Spellchecked! 23 Jun 09


funny coincidence about the word "mangled"
I mentioned to a friend that a computer spellcheck rather than a human proofreader must have been responsible for the spelling "put through the ringer" in a recent NYTimes interview with writer Jodi Picoult. My friend said maybe a young proofreader would have no knowledge of wringers for drying clothes. I said I had one of those gadgets in the 1970s and it was called a "mangle"


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