tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post7069734393263841867..comments2023-12-21T21:03:45.616+11:00Comments on my ordinary life: A case of pedantic spell check Victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-19195331313566266722016-06-05T18:07:04.790+10:002016-06-05T18:07:04.790+10:00Oh, we don't need to give Apple any more credi...Oh, we don't need to give Apple any more credit than it already claims for itself. Thanks for the background.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-31720436245469112982016-06-05T16:04:53.553+10:002016-06-05T16:04:53.553+10:00Victor
I'd never thought about the lower-case...Victor<br /><br />I'd never thought about the lower-case thing.<br /><br />My moniker grew out of a tribute to Marcel Proust, mixed with a hat-tip to Andrew Marvell, source of the title of my blog, and the fact that I often mistype "c" for "v." So the spell-check is not so wide of the mark really. A<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-36633068148956371332016-06-03T09:32:36.690+10:002016-06-03T09:32:36.690+10:00Yes Walt, I did know that 'wcs' are your i...Yes Walt, I did know that 'wcs' are your initials. I hope I was not being too disparaging of your fame by referring to your initials as a lesser known acronym.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-62354513899529133672016-06-03T09:28:19.736+10:002016-06-03T09:28:19.736+10:00I'm sure you are right Andrew.I'm sure you are right Andrew.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-7261980424263649332016-06-02T14:52:56.773+10:002016-06-02T14:52:56.773+10:00One of my regular readers (who has since passed aw...One of my regular readers (who has since passed away) used to call me his "lower case friend." I don't know why I started doing that, but it has become a habit. And, in case anyone is wondering, "wcs" is not the plural of WC (as someone once thought), but are my initials. The "w" stands for Walt.wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-23595015863669207382016-06-01T20:45:16.890+10:002016-06-01T20:45:16.890+10:00My friend in Perth, who is an Apple user, complain...My friend in Perth, who is an Apple user, complained that she could not join the words Netflix. It has struck me that spell checkers like their own words better. Google does not like Apple words or Microsoft words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com