spellcheckers

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 20, 2006, at 8:15 AM, i wrote about:

> ... a photo caption in the NYT of 5/16/06 (p. A6):
>
>   Residents of Chitral town, above, say four Americans rented a
> house in order to hunt Qaeda fighters, cited in the area.

today we get another classic, also spellcheckerproof:

NYT Week in Review of 5/21/06 (p. 1), in the top story, on immigration:

   The president proposed what is in essence a compromise...
President Bush didn't waiver much from that stance last week.

arnold, wishing he could stop noticing this stuff

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