Why writers need to know how to spell
May. 8th, 2007 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrI was reading a bit of erotica online. Fairly well written gay erotica.
Except I hit this one word that *couldn't* be what the writer intended. Obviously, he'd relied on the spellchecker to correct his guess at the spelling. Alas, it had gotten the wrong word.
Finally, after the third occurrence, I was able to figure out that the word he wanted was "ministrations".
Alas, what the spellchecker had given him was "menstruations".
*facepalm*
Except I hit this one word that *couldn't* be what the writer intended. Obviously, he'd relied on the spellchecker to correct his guess at the spelling. Alas, it had gotten the wrong word.
Finally, after the third occurrence, I was able to figure out that the word he wanted was "ministrations".
Alas, what the spellchecker had given him was "menstruations".
*facepalm*
