Overboard, but I’ll float because I’m fat

[fbhjr]

I understand that our culture is generally obsessed with weight.  As an
overweight person I get a lot of jokes about it.
“Don’t eat it all,” I was told while at the buffet line a couple of weeks
ago.
At work, Paper Tiger announced he was going to have another child.  “Is
Frank the one carrying it?” was asked.
There are also jokes about my boss’ lack of hair, skinny people falling
through cracks into the freezer and things like that, so I don’t take it
too personally.

But, this morning I was annoyed when working on an update to the
specification of our freezers we buy.  I wrote “we will reduce the interior
and body height of the system” and the spell checker came back with the
suggestion of “body weight” instead of “body height”.

It wasn’t spelled wrong.  And, they are only one letter off.  But, not
particularly close on the keyboard.
So, it makes me wonder what person came up with the list of what the
computer checks and said “people are going to be writing about body weight,
so we should flag height if it comes after”.
It didn’t trigger for “body width”, “body diameter” or “body dimensions”.
So, it must just be set for height might mean weight.

I find that annoying.

Comments

[ravena-kade.livejournal.com]

what an annoying spell check.

[temperlj.livejournal.com]

And don't forget, the iPhone thinks you're in love with Flubert.
Love you

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

*snort*

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

So far I've mostly been annoyed, rather than helped, by most spell-checkers, particularly any which come from Microsoft. As I'm sure you also experience, writing documents with industry standard acronyms drive it crazy. It comes up with some really bizarre suggestions, and sometimes I swear it makes substitutions which I tell it not to do.
Grrrr.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Rrrrrrr. >:(

Hope your day somehow gets better really soon.

[pallid-regina.livejournal.com]

*grumble*