Spell-Check Software Co. Has Spelling Problems
Topic: Notebooks and PCs
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:44:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
You've just got to love these ironic corporate snafus. Just like H&R Block messing up on their own taxes, there's a company that makes spell-checking software that released a press release with a very noticeable typo.
TextTrust, a site that will run spell checks throughout your Web page, had to run a corrected version of the press release because of this seemingly uncomprehendable segment: "the 16 million we (sic) pages it has spell checked over the past year."
The PR consultant who wrote the press release, surprisingly still working for the company, had this to say: "I made the mistake, not TextTrust -- they do a much better job, It's certainly egg on the face of this public relations person."
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Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:44:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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