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Re: OT: Shakespeare and spell checking (was Text processing on XSLT 2.0)

2005-04-04 15:07:17
It's wrong to use a spell checker on Shakespeare's works, because:
A) Standardized spelling didn't exist in his time
B) He's Shakespeare and you're not

Thats a great quote Jay!  Im adding it as quote of the day as soon as
I send this.

Just to "second the motion", thank you Dimitre and Dr. Kay!  This is
amazing work pure and simple!

On Apr 4, 2005 4:05 PM, JBryant(_at_)s-s-t(_dot_)com 
<JBryant(_at_)s-s-t(_dot_)com> wrote:
A comment I can't resist:

It's wrong to use a spell checker on Shakespeare's works, because:
A) Standardized spelling didn't exist in his time
B) He's Shakespeare and you're not

(No offense meant, of course - a comment made purely in jest)

On a more serious note, hats off to both Dimitre and Mike for FXSL and
Saxon - excellent work.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)
(and founder and first President of the University of Wyoming Shakespeare
Society)

Wendell Piez <wapiez(_at_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
04/04/2005 04:44 PM
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Re: [xsl] Text processing on XSLT 2.0

At 04:56 PM 4/4/2005, you wrote:
Among the unknown words are such nice words as:

affordeth
affrighted
ariseth
arithmetician
arrivance
bethink
betimes
bewhored

... why I almost never use a spell-checker -- they never know my
favorites!

(Seriously -- that's some pretty impressive work going on over there.)

Cheers,
Wendell

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