December 17, 2004

These Things Have To Start Somewhere

I got an idea for a new meme while reading this post at the Volokh Conspiracy. It seem that spell check software has renamed Civil War figure Henry “Lighthorse Harry” Lee, “Lighthouse Harry.” I guess if they made him an Admiral as well it might be o.k. Eugene Volokh's name changed to Moloch

To the untrained spell-checker my name translates to Maudlin. (How sad)

Does spell check mangle your moniker?

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 04:35 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment


1 how should I know from Monicars ? I thought she was gonna get her own talk show bit it never materialized you of all people should know I havent been certified on spellcheck yet........ I can tell you though It would turn Dan Rather into Dan Rauther which makes him sound like a Texan that turned into a "Maussah-cheuww-shits " liberal,like his buddies sen. John, F, keauwwry and u-Humph - a Humphhhh hmph sena--tore teddy Ken- augh -deeahhhhhhh

Posted by: kyle at December 17, 2004 09:54 PM (NaWoX)

2 An old spell checker used to change my bosses name to Enchilada. We had to be careful because a time or two someone would change all without paying attention. LOL

Posted by: Ted at December 18, 2004 04:24 PM (ZjSa7)

3 this is horrible but I cant sleep Ted what was this guys last name? which would make it get turned into an enchalada from just a measely spellcheck ? could this happen to me ? is what im thinking ? its like the Seinfeld deal Mulva ? I think his name was Mondalve no it was macaronni HEY THATS IT RIGHT ? no pendecho? no Pensacola!!!? Enricho Falada ??
no? Bob Taco ?????? I give up

Posted by: skinner at December 19, 2004 01:27 AM (j25zW)

4 I can't remember what his original name was, we all called him Paco after that (for real). The new spell checkers must have a lot of names built in because mine isn't terribly common, but it recognizes it as a name.

Posted by: Ted at December 20, 2004 06:50 AM (blNMI)

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