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I have a spelling checker,
It came with my PC;
It plainly marques four my revue
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I've run this poem threw it
I'm sure your pleased too no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

William M. Bulkeley, “PC Dictionaries, Full of Features, Win More Users,”  Wall Street Journal August 4 1992, B1. 

 

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Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describe the charisma of a certain boy, so the narrator says, "I knew girls who saved his gum.

 – Amy Hempel

 
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