While the folks at Verizon were not too happy about that, it’s my phone and I will send out the message that I want.
Anyway, the email function on the Blackberry has this spelling correction feature -- Presumptive Spelling. When generating a text or email message, I often use abbreviations. The Presumptive Spelling function “thinks” that I am misspelling certain words and will automatically change the words to what it thinks it should be.
The other day I get an email from a local Democrat in Flemington, and she [let’s go with a generic name of “Shirley”] asks me the following question:
“My husband and I were appalled to find out that State Senators and Assemblymen can still practice as lawyers when they get elected. Can Chris Christie still be a lawyer when he becomes governor? We’d thought you might know.”
So, I answered her on my Blackberry:
Shirley,
“When he becomes Governor, Christie will still be atty.” [I abbreviated ‘attorney’ as ‘atty’.]
Her answer to me seemed odd, at the time: “Not funny. Stop the jokes.”
Upon further investigation, I made a discovery.
The only thing is the Presumptive Spelling function ‘corrected’ the ‘atty’ abbreviation for me, and unbeknownst to me, I hit SEND.
The correction produced:
“When he becomes Governor, Christie will still be fatty.”
Makes me wonder what other embarrassing ‘corrections’ lurk in the Presumptive Spelling function. Now, I need to figure how to turn it off.
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So Shirley was shocked -- SHOCKED -- that senators and assembly members can still be attorneys while in the legislature. What planet has she been on for the last 200 years? If she's upset about attorneys, how about union officials and remaining double-dipping municipal/county officials?
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