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- A significant breakthrough turns ham into chicken. Gould, John // Christian Science Monitor;11/14/97, Vol. 89 Issue 245, p17
Comments on how the spell checkers of the 1990s deal with foreign words. How the German word for ham, schinken, became chicken in a column because of a spell checker; How an editorial called `Laws of Avarice' became the `Law of Averages'; Speculation about what a spell checker would do with...
- Church Humor. // Stonewall County Courier (Aspermont, TX);1/11/2007, Vol. 21 Issue 9, p4
A joke is presented about a word in a Bible passage that was misspelled by the children at a Catholic elementary school.
- Remediation or redemption? Hoffman, James V. // Reading Teacher;May99, Vol. 52 Issue 8, p841
Features the responsibility of the spell checker in working with proper names and educational `jargon' that are not part of its lexicon. Advantages of proficiency in spelling; List of spell checker's suggestion of humorous words.
- Europeans say English is unnecessarily difikult to learn and praktise. // Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;9/23/96, Vol. 199 Issue 4, p26
Editorial. Presents a humorous article that portrays a scenario about the evolution in the spelling of English words in Europe. Difficulty with English spelling.
- A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling. Twain, Mark // Literary Cavalcade;Sep99, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p15
Offers a humorous take on planning for the improvement of English spelling. Includes the replacement of certain consonants with others; Removal of the letter `c' from the alphabet.
- Jokes. // Highlights;May2013, Vol. 68 Issue 5, p15
Several jokes are presented such as one about the spelling of a mouse, another about a bird and still another about U.S. states.
- C-o-m-p-l-a-i-n-t. Haven, Bob // Saturday Evening Post;2/19/1938, Vol. 210 Issue 34, p24
Presents a humorous story about spelling and syllabication.
- LETTERS TO THE TOASTMASTER. Julian Martelli; Inward, Phyllis; Schofield, Olivia; Sethi, Kanwal; Fleming, Elly // Toastmaster;Dec2011, Vol. 77 Issue 12, p4
Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Courage in Japan" in the August 2011 issue, "Funny You Should Say That" and "Language Tip" in the September 2011 issue.
- Good Cap, Bad Cap. Conti, Edmund // Verbatim: The Language Quarterly;Summer2004, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p29
Presents a humorous commentary on the use of capitalization. Wife's spelling of T-shirt as t-shirt; Use of other words such as U-turn, A-frame and I-beam; Spelling of bactrian and dromedary with capital letters.
