Saturday, May 10, 2008

In honor of Mother's Day: Spell Checking

In honor of Mother's Day, this clip is for the former English teacher and proof-reader of many of Auntie Nettie's papers, good o' Mom. In the days before word processors and Word-esque programs, my spell checking devices were Mom and the dictionary. While built-in spell checkers do help, this poem* is the perfect example of why not to trust the software.

(Maybe instead of flowers I should have gotten Mom a bouquet of red PENS.)

The the impotence of proofreading
By Taylor Mali
http://www.taylormali.com/


The full text of the poem can be found on youtube.com or Taylor's site.

*Oh, and Mom ... sorry about the PG-13 rated words/connotations.
Remember, they are because of "misspellings."