Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/1999/03/11/laugh_along_with_the_ms/

Laugh along with the MS Spellchecker

intro

By Rim Tichardson

Posted in On-Prem, 11th March 1999 14:21 GMT

No 317 of an occasional series.... Why is it that the spellchecker in MS Word 97 always suggests "offal" as a replacement for OFTEL? And when it comes across Dixons it always prompts "dioxins" as a toxic surrogate. Is this a display of artificial intelligence stored somewhere in the humble WP package…or does it just have a sense of humour? ®