I miss the spell check

[ole]

Hey, Sam,

unless you're Norwegian, you can't slam the Swedes and get away with it. If you're Danish, you can slam both with impunity, but don't be surprised if you end up with a group burning lutefisk on your lawn some evening.

Finns don't count (unless you're talking to one, in which case you would be wise to keep your mouth shut). Icelanders are something else.

We have our own ethnic humor born of living in close proximity to the Arctic Circle and eating heavily salted, dried fish. Ain't no wonder more than half of Scandinavia now live in the USofA.

Ole

[samgrant]

That wasn't a slam, it was a translation. I have no Norwegian spell check, but since you brought up Danish, I'll try it:

"I dunt sea annee reezon that wee nead spel-chickun."

With the Danish spell check becomes:

"I dont sea Anée reezon tjat we nåd spejl-chicken."

No Icelandic check, but speaking of Finns:

With the Finnish spell check, it becomes:

"I dont se Anne reeson tuhat Wes ned spel-chicken."

[Calicoboy]

When I'm on this site, I have Microsoft word minimized. When I get to a word I'm not sure of, I switch to Word, type the word in question and do a spell check. Then back to this site. Quick and eezy.

Calicoboy

[ole]

Sounds like cheating, Calicoboy.

There must be a harder way to do it, like pick up the dictionary.
Ole

[samgrant]

Ole,

That IS harder, got to get up, cross the room, find the heavy dictionary, back to the couch, look up the word, read it, get back up, put the book back, go back to the couch, and then if you remember what you just read as the correct spelling you edit your entry, but if you forgot!, got to get up, cross the room .......

[ole]

Sam:

If your significant other doesn't get too upset, leave the dictionary on the floor beside your chair or on the end table -- the "lived in" look. Putting the dictionary back? A foreign concept. Never, ever put things back where they belong. Leave them lying around where you know they will be when you need them again. (Unless the significant other has had it and puts things away -- God only knows where.) When the situation develops to the point that you can't find what you need, then you can spend the weeks necessary to reorganize.

I keep my ancient dictionary where I recommended you keep yours. Fortunately, I have a room where my clutter can be hidden by a closed door. I refer to it when my failing memory requires that I confirm a spelling, or when someone refers to a "micturating contest."

On one of my walls hangs a framed, hand-made needlepoint acknowledgement by my most precious wife. "Creative minds are rarely tidy." A statement of biblical proportions I cherish.

But, I digress. You do what you must. I will do what I like.

Ole

[sockknitter]

"Creative minds are rarely tidy."

I concur. Approximately 30 years ago I found a hand-lettered, calligraphy sign that I immediately bought for my mother: "A Clean House is the Sign of a Misspent Life". She is tidier than I am, but appreciated the sentiment and is careful to let the sign accumulate dust. She enjoys reading, socializing and trying new things.

[samgrant]

No room on the floor for dictionaries, floor is covered by Civil War books. (Left a path to the kitchen and bathroom, can't block that with a dictionary!

[ole]

Sockknitter: Met your mother. A thoroughly delightful lady.

Sam: If you've stacked them neatly, one of the piles can support a dictionary. You don't have a cat or dog, do you? That screws up everything.

Ole