George Shirley wrote:

> On 4/18/2010 6:42 AM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>> Proofreading should always be done by two people, one reading aloud,
>> the
>> other checking the words. That apoostrophe s my story and capital I
>> apostrophe m sticking to it.
>>
>>
> Okay, next time I have to proofread a technical manual I will call you
> and you can read it aloud while I check the words. I am always careful
> about the wording because my industrial clients would go ballistic if
> I misspelled anything or inadvertently put a racist statement in the
> manual.
>
IMHO, it was obviously just a mistake, because three things happened:
somebody made a typo, then the wrong choice was made when the spell
check popped up the dialog box with suggestions - and thirdly, the
proofreader(s) missed it. No matter who or what is ultimately to blame
for it, is irrelevant; no human being in their right mind would do
something like that intentionally - and attempting to sue the spell
check software writers would be rather silly, wouldn't it?

Besides, none of the above are uncommon mistakes so why it has been
interpreted as a 'racist statement' (and published on more than one
news website) just goes to show (again IMHO), that people have become
way oversensitive to these 'silly mistakes' - and it must have been a
slow news day too.

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Chatty Cathy