knswledgable
- Tue Mar 11 2008
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If you’re running OS X, try this: open TextEdit, type “knowledgable” (yes, it’s misspelled on purpose), highlight it, then right-click (or Ctrl-click) it and check your suggested proper spellings. Is knswledgable in there?
The “word” is in OS X’s spelling database for some reason. It’s not recognized by Dictionary.app.
For you people with iPhones, it’s in your iPhone’s spelling checker as well.
The More You Knsw.
Courtesy Ars Technica.
10 Responses to “knswledgable”
Tue Mar 11 2008
5:05 pm
I didn’t see it on mine just now. :(
Tue Mar 11 2008
5:36 pm
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Wed Mar 12 2008
4:36 pm
It seems to be 10.5 only.
Thu Mar 13 2008
7:37 pm
Yep. Only on 10.5.2, only in US English, and even then sometimes it doesn’t appear.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=knswledgable
Mon Mar 17 2008
2:41 pm
I don’t get the popup suggestion on 10.5.2, but knswledgable does not seem to get flagged as a bad spelling either.
Thu Sep 11 2008
11:52 am
Try this one:
Accidentally misspell the word cartridge as “cartgriqdge” (don’t ask how I got that one) and one of the suggested words is “cartigriqdge”. Other variations of “cartgriqdge” works too.
Wed Nov 5 2008
6:52 am
Good catch, JK, I see it too. 10.5.5. (If it doesn’t get highlighted, hit space so it’ll check the word for errors)
Wed Nov 5 2008
2:11 pm
[...] Canspice.org points to an Ars Technica discussion from March highlighting the misspelling knswledgable. If you open TextEdit, for example, and intentionally misspell the word “knowledgeable” (say, by spelling it “knowledgable”), then control-click to show a spelling suggestion, you might see the erroneous option. [...]
Wed Nov 5 2008
8:02 pm
[...] Canspice.org points to an Ars Technica discussion from March highlighting the misspelling knswledgable. If you open TextEdit, for example, and intentionally misspell the word “knowledgeable” (say, by spelling it “knowledgable”), then control-click to show a spelling suggestion, you might see the erroneous option. [...]
Fri Nov 7 2008
9:26 am
[...] Canspice.org points to an Ars Technica discussion from March highlighting the misspelling knswledgable. If you open TextEdit, for example, and intentionally misspell the word “knowledgeable” (say, by spelling it “knowledgable”), then control-click to show a spelling suggestion, you might see the erroneous option. [...]
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