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Article #181744Re: Unisys (was Re: Where did GODBOUT Electronics go ?)
From: sim... Simo Tuominen
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 00:00
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On 01 Jun 00 08:31:25 -0800, "Charlie Gibbs" <cgi...@sky.bus.com> wrote: >In article <8h5aj6$ktk$1...@nina.pacific.net.au> ri...@zip.com.au (river) >writes: >>It was rumoured, that if you ran "Unisys" through Wordstar (or maybe >>another old wp) spellcheck it would come up with "anuses". Maybe it's >>an urban myth, but the first time I heard it I almost split! > >It's not an urban myth. I might have even posted the original >message myself. We had it happen using WordPerfect. Then there's Word 95. In English text, write "zzzz", use the spell checker, and the silly thing offers "sex" as the correct spelling. BTW, it also offers "anuses" as an alternative spelling for "Unisys".
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