On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 16:51:07 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:

> blake murphy > wrote:
>> On 06 Jul 2011 18:51:24 GMT, Dan Goodman wrote:
>>
>>> Nad R wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Dan Goodman" > wrote:
>>>>> Nad R wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you packed lots of Levi genes and made trades?
>>>>>
>>>>> Israeli tourists have been undercutting Americans on that kind of
>>>>> genetic material.
>>>>
>>>> That pesky auto speller. Jeans... In reality, I can always use that
>>>> as an excuse for just about anything
>>>
>>> That's the first thing I turn off on any word processor -- or other
>>> program which has that "feature."
>>
>> i don't understand this. every spellchecker i've seen asks for approval
>> before making a change. yours doesn't?
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Nope, i have it setup that way, it does it automatically, if I type slowly,
> I can see the alternative word it is about to change. If I type normally
> the alternative shows up and change the word before I know it. I think I
> can type almost as fast as I can think of the word. I just need to proof
> read more often. But on usenet, it is not like I am giving a report to my
> boss.

i would go nuts with that option. spellcheck seems to come up with the
most asinine substitutions for any even slightly unusual word.

your pal,
blake