proof-reading fun

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:13 AM -0500 3/31/05, Page Stephens wrote:
>Some times computer programs give interesting results.
>
>A few years ago The New Scientist reported that a voice recognition program
>interpreted the word diarrhea as dire rear.
>
>Makes sense to me.

That's a frequently reported eggcorn as well.  In fact, one might
expect errors in voice recognition to track eggcorns fairly well.

Larry