Friday, August 24, 2007

Cunt is Not a Typo

My computer thinks the word cunt is a typo.

This is one of those rare cases in which I know my computer is wrong and I am right. Cunt is indeed a word, I can prove it. So I took appropriate action. I right clicked on the word with the intent of adding it to my computers dictionary and highlighted the "learn spelling" command from the dropdown menu—

Then a millisecond before I released the mouse button it hit me. What if I am making a terrible mistake? What if there comes a time when I intend to type the word count, or cut, or maybe even cute and somehow end up typing cunt? If my computer does not underline this word as a typo, and if this document happens to be important, or somehow sensitive, the trouble this typo will cause me might be humorously immense. But nonetheless very frustrating.

And so, I took the pointer off the "learn spelling" command. Now my computer thinks I am really bad at spelling the words cut, count, and cute and will continue to think that for the rest of my life. But at least the one time I make that typo when it matters most, I wont get into any trouble.

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