Amusing recent auto-correction...

[Kahuna Burger]

I remembered a problem with "medireview" in place of "medieval" on the Internet, so I just did a search for the reference. Guess what came up on the first page?

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=4600

Quasqueton

the best thing about this thread is I now have a mnemonic for spelling medieval, instead of writing "midevil" then trying to figure out how thats wrong.

 

[lukelightning]

Maybe the scooter's motor is powered by goblins?

sgoblin-propelled".

 

[Laslo Tremaine]

the best thing about this thread is I now have a mnemonic for spelling medieval, instead of writing "midevil" then trying to figure out how thats wrong.

I had that exact same thought...

 

[radferth]

I remeber writing a chemistry test on Word 95 (back in 95) and being totally unable to get KBr to come out as anything but Kbr. Thanks, MS.

 

[smerwin29]

I can't get MS Word to stop autocorrecting my name to Spawn Merlin.

Shawn

 

[wedgeski]

I can't get MS Word to stop autocorrecting my name to Spawn Merlin.

I good-naturedly suggest that anyone who is having problems with MS's auto-correct first of all visits the Tools->AutoCorrect dialog, and then, if that doesn't do it, the on-line Help. Everything you need is there. You wouldn't run a game of D&D without reading the rule-books, hmm?

OR WOULD YOU?

 

[Mouseferatu]

I find it amusing that MSWord wants to correct "Iggwilv" to "pigswill."

 

[Henry]

I find it amusing that MSWord wants to correct "Iggwilv" to "pigswill."

Ask Gary - it may not be far off.

My personal recent favorite on these boards wasn't an autocorrect, but a simple typo, where someone talking about "Stampede of Horses" from the DMG 2 accidentally typed, "Stampede of Hores" - which brought about an image that made me cry with laughter for 10 minutes.

 

[CM]

When I was typing up a list of deities for my campaign documentation, I discovered the hilarity of Word's autocorrect. Here were some of the more amusing suggestions:

Hiatea = Haiti
Hruggek = Hugger
Iallanis = Italians
Ilsensine = Licensing
Laogzed = Laughed
Memnor = Manor
Orcus = Orcas
Pazrael = Parcel
Sekolah = Secular
Beshaba = Beersheba
Cyric = Cyrix
Eldath = Edith
Garagos = Garages
Gond = Gonad
Ilmater = Limiter
Istishia = Pistachio
Lathander = Lefthander
Loviatar = Loiter
Malar = Molar
Mielikki = Mazelike
Oghma = Ohm
Selûne = Saline
Siamorphe = Isomorphs
Tiamat = Teammate
Ubtao = U-boat
Gorm Gulthyn = Germ Guilty
Thard Harr = Third Harry
Aerdrie Faenya = Airdrome Fauna
Deep Sashelas = Deep Seashells
Fenmarel Mestarine = Femoral Estuarine
Labelas Enoreth = Labels North
Rillifane Rallathil = Reliance Gallatin
Garl Glittergold = Girl Glitter gold
Segojan = Samoan
Urdlen = Curdle
Brandobaris = Breadboards
Yondalla = Mondale
Gruumsh = Grooms

 

[BV210]

I was deployed to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina back in 1998. One of the other major cities in the region was called Mostar, however, MS Word always corrected it to "Moister".