tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post8389270953803283992..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Inadvertant AmusementK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-59177746171920750432007-11-10T14:25:00.000-05:002007-11-10T14:25:00.000-05:00Likewise the student who, writing about "What I Di...Likewise the student who, writing about "What I Did on my Summer Break," inadvertently made his work at the warehouse seem like a far more interesting job than he probably intended.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.capnwacky.com/rj/watchmen/chapter1.html" REL="nofollow">Who checks the spellcheck?</A> Not many, it would seem.<BR/><BR/>[Now I know <A HREF="http://wndrkn.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Miss Wendy</A> told me this story, but the last time I said so, she insisted I had told it to her. I remain certain it is her story -- mostly because I can't recall ever assigning that topic -- and always credit her as the wise tale teller.]C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-40357385884771618542007-11-10T13:30:00.000-05:002007-11-10T13:30:00.000-05:00My own worst Malaprop moment came during my Ph.D. ...My own worst Malaprop moment came during my Ph.D. qualifying exams. In one of my essay answers for the Rhetoric/Composition exam, I discussed <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Cixous" REL="nofollow">Helene Cixous</A>' <A HREF="http://www.drama21c.net/feminism/articles/Medusa1.htm" REL="nofollow">"The Laugh of the Medusa"</A>. But during my final spell-check, somehow I allowed the software to substitute another word for "Medusa." So <A HREF="http://english.uconn.edu/directory/personal_pages/bloom_l.html" REL="nofollow">Prof. Bloom</A> was rightly surprised when she read about <B>Cixous</B>' "The Laugh of the <B>Madhouse."</B><BR/><BR/>Always spell-check; but always spell-check <I>attentively</I>.Gene Kannenberg, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04557131306122319206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-23533861890200181032007-11-09T16:07:00.000-05:002007-11-09T16:07:00.000-05:00Perhaps they were shy and didn't want any one to s...Perhaps they were shy and didn't want any one to see them in ecstasy... Closing the shutters does maintain privacy! Oh, all right. Clearly they were just confused. Again. Tee hee.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-6983011311198386132007-11-09T13:06:00.000-05:002007-11-09T13:06:00.000-05:00Seems like every fanfic author I used to read in t...Seems like every fanfic author I used to read in the 90s would have the heroine "shuttering" in ecstasy.Chuckie58https://www.blogger.com/profile/04091560045834850119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-62824017631908220802007-11-09T09:52:00.000-05:002007-11-09T09:52:00.000-05:00Norm Crosby would be proud!Norm Crosby would be proud!CLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18348533141508294220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-59220837032600544182007-11-09T08:39:00.000-05:002007-11-09T08:39:00.000-05:00Kim: LOL! Those accursed grains -- they're invadi...Kim: LOL! Those accursed grains -- they're invading our porridge and puddings.<BR/><BR/>Wendy: My ancestors are guffawing. We'll have to find a new fill-in-the-blank for "I bite my ___ at you."C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-61460271693273271072007-11-09T08:02:00.000-05:002007-11-09T08:02:00.000-05:00My all time favorite is a student describing a sce...My all time favorite is a student describing a scene from the revolutionary war which features "an evil British kernel."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-38090769613155050922007-11-08T20:07:00.000-05:002007-11-08T20:07:00.000-05:00A new Shakespearean curse is "born" -- "Christ's w...A new Shakespearean curse is "born" -- "Christ's womb" or "S'womb"Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259763240723322547noreply@blogger.com