26 July 2025

The Spell Checker Is Stupid

It happens every time I try to use the word, 'asterisk'.

I try to spell it asterix.

It's wrong and spellchecker catches it, but suggests, 'aster ix,' 'aster-ix,' 'aster,' and 'testatrix.'

Considering that 'asterix' is the most common misspelling of 'asterisk', you'd think that spellchecker would suggest it, no? 

4 comments:

  1. You're telling me! Auto kowreck gets stupider with every day.
    I don't know if it's the Motorola Edge I use or a generic software. It drives me nuts.

    So much so that I wouldn't be surprised if some jerk off is intentionally playing games. You'd think by now, a simple program like this wouldn't have so many bugs. Or, is that intentional.

    Like my simple comment here, I usually have to proofread multiple times before sending. Yes, spellings may change, or even sentence fragments may be inserted after a proof reading.

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  2. Being an excellent speller, I routinely disable Autocorrect when I can.

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    1. Eye totally no what yew mean! I'm a good speller two!

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  3. Mary donned her ice skates
    Upon the pond to frisk
    Wasn't Mary foolish
    Her little *?

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