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Words, (mis-)reading, and writing
Apr. 12th, 2011 06:23 pmWords my computer doesn't recognise:
- skulking
- oogle
How can my computer not know these? Surely it's heard me talk!
The other day at work I was printing something with a wedding-design and the names "Audrey" and "James" in a swirly-whirly font. I mis-read "Audrey" as "Andrew" and wondered (aloud!) why there was a woman in the picture!
Sadly, I had to give up last week on the idea of writing something for the Tea & Crumpet anthology (connected to the UK GLBT Writers & Readers Meet happening in July) as it became rather obvious I just don't have the time or energy right now to have got it finished in time. I will be submitting for the flash-fiction anthology though - I've been revising/editing it in the 10 minutes between arriving at work and starting work... so at a pace of about 2-3 sentences a day. Good thing it's only about 500 words long!
- Just realised, I'd better check there's not a minimum words limit on that submission call!
- skulking
- oogle
How can my computer not know these? Surely it's heard me talk!
The other day at work I was printing something with a wedding-design and the names "Audrey" and "James" in a swirly-whirly font. I mis-read "Audrey" as "Andrew" and wondered (aloud!) why there was a woman in the picture!
Sadly, I had to give up last week on the idea of writing something for the Tea & Crumpet anthology (connected to the UK GLBT Writers & Readers Meet happening in July) as it became rather obvious I just don't have the time or energy right now to have got it finished in time. I will be submitting for the flash-fiction anthology though - I've been revising/editing it in the 10 minutes between arriving at work and starting work... so at a pace of about 2-3 sentences a day. Good thing it's only about 500 words long!
- Just realised, I'd better check there's not a minimum words limit on that submission call!
