Registered: Aug 2000
Location: baton rouge, la
Posts: 4101

spell check for posts

is it possible?

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 1353

good idea .. I wonder if it can be done. (well .. I know anything 'can' be done, it's just a question if it's feasible)

this would help my TFL to microsoft word process a bit.


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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Delaware
Posts: 5709

O I agreee. Nuthin werse then typoes

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: A New England
Posts: 9187

SPF has it on his UBB.

Itz fer da idjets

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Sedona, Arizona
Posts: 19114

The most amazing dinglator would have the ultimate answer on this but I would imagine that it would be a pain in the ass. Of course, I consider changing my sig a pain in the ass so what the fuck do I know?

I don't see the need for it myself, there is no noticable spelling idiots in here and if you have ever used a spell check for forums, they are painfully slow.

Plus if you do fuck up and are bagged for it, you have a great opportunity to go into a rage about elitist spelling nazi scumbag motherfuckers who have nothing better to do than get all anal over something so insignificant as a fucking misspelled word because they have no life and never will. (feel free to quote me).

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Erehwon
Posts: 7538

i dont think we need a spell check - not really very useful to be honest - i mean we can all spell if we make the effort... this isn't MSword its a forum for godssake

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 10229

ya its possible, however the effort wouldnt be worth it.

i assume a spellchecker searches a database of every word in the dictionary. thats alot of work, diskspace and processor time to correct a few typos (or i suppose a less acurate one could just search for general broken syntax rules such as i before e)

either way im laying off the forum modifications for awhile.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: 54.60°N 5.70°W
Posts: 1950

quote:

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Originally posted by Dingle:
either way im laying off the forum modifications for awhile.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Dumbfucksville!
Posts: 12164

I am totally against a spell checker. It would slow me down terribly!! There are so many words it wouldn't recognize and then it would stop at them. It would be a terrible annoyance! (Unless, of course, you could opt to turn it off.)

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: baton rouge, la
Posts: 4101

i know, i'm just that lazy. of course, if you didn't want to use it you wouldn't have to. free country and all that rubbish. i just don't like misspellings (in additiont o words i simply don't know how to spell) and i don't like having to pick them out. feh.

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