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July 31, 2006
The Vagaries of Spell Check
Aaron Schmidt showed me this site in the Boise airport a few weeks ago and it has intrigued me ever since.
It's a map of all the web instances and spelling variations of Arrrghhh! and the popularity of each.
It's intriguiing to me because it clearly shows the challenges of such features as spellcheck ad "did you mean?" and Boolean truncation, and more. Makes me say hmmmm.
What is the correct spelling of Aarrghhh! anyway.
Stephen
Posted by stephen at July 31, 2006 7:54 PM
Comments
I type it all the time and I lean towards ARGH! or if I am especially pirate like that day- AAArrrrgh!
Posted by: cara at August 1, 2006 10:49 AM
I tend to go with the classic and simple "argh". Adding more letters is poetic license.
Posted by: derikb at August 2, 2006 10:44 AM