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Editing a piece for a forthcoming performance, I noticed that Word had put a red line under "aubergine" in the phrase "breakfast consisted of banana and coconut served up with fried aubergine".
Checking why it was wrong, I realised that it was because I had the spelling checker set to US English. What was more startling was the suggested correction - "fried aborigine".


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
 
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Hhow ridiculous. Aborigine is served parboiled.
 
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I have seen that mentioned somewhere else. A very amusing example of the Cupertino effect.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
 
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I find iPhones the worst when it comes to the Cupertino effect. While often helpful (I think because of the touchpad), it can bring up the most ridiculous words!
 
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