Okay, this is not exactly stop-the-presses-quality news--anyone who never does stumble across it certainly is not doomed to a life of abysmal ignorance--but it is surely good for a few chuckles.

A couple of paragraphs from a report in Comcast.net follow:

"A computer spell-checker run amok christened several Pennsylvania high school students with new--and in some cases unflattering--last names.

"Middletown Area High School's yearbook listed Max Zupanovic as 'Max Supernova,' Kathy Carbaugh as 'Kathy Airbag' and Alessandra Ippolito as 'Alexandra Impolite,' just to name a few."

Granted, these chuckles come at the expense of some innocents. But it is still very hard not to grin, at the very least.

I would love to have that, They should make a program that you can put your last name in and it "corrects" it. The spell checker for my last name doesn't make anthing good.

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The spellchecker doesn't mind my last name. It flips out at my first name though.

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I have seen a foul language censor run amok also.

When this happens I always think of Hall in 2001 Space Odysey.

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The office spell checker has tried to do some funny stuff with our clients' last names. The spell checker thinks one client's name should be Penis, another Satan.

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I'm sure that would go over really well.

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