Thought I would start a new thread about the poem I posted on the banner thread so that other people might see it. It's called Owed to a Spelling Chequer and is by Dr Jerrold H. Zar of Northern Illinois University I have a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye cannot sea When eye strike a quay to right a word I weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait away As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two late And eye can put the error rite Its rarely, rarely grate I’ve run this poem threw it I’m shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect in it’s weigh MY CHEQUER TOLLED ME SEW! and there is a longer version available at http://www.dyslexic.com/articlecontent.asp?CAT=Dyslexia%20Information&slug=171&title=Crazy%20English%20and%20Dyslexia#owed
nice! :-)love satchi
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