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Originally Posted by MorganGrayson
Actually, Morgan has already given voodooman points for that. 
Sex is also available. A lot of it. 
Nick...in an odd way, your finger types what your brain mentally "hears" as you think. Therefore, a lot of "their/they're/there," etc., mistakes occur due to "sound." I do it ALL the time. Sometimes I catch it before I post, sometimes I edit quickly, and a lot of the time I just say "oh, the hell with it, somebody will enjoy harrassing me about it and I've provided a service."  |
There are certain words that my fingers have stumbled over since before my first "keyboard upgrade" was to an IBM Selectric I, even when I could crank out 85+ WPM on a manual typewriter.
Word processors (followed by computers) absolutely RUINED my spelling. I had average spelling skills until I joined the Navy. After boot camp and a basic school, I went to an advanced clerical school where whiteout was grounds for dismissal, and the words "there was a spelling error
somewhere” were accompanied by the sound of the twelve page document being ripped up in front of your eyes.
This proved far more effective than only getting a blue star on the weekly spelling test, lemme tellya.